TV reception help

[TK73]

No cable, just rabbit ears.

Can't get FOX in and I live 7 miles from downtown Seattle.

I picked up a set of "rabbit ears" that also have the round antennae on the base, this thing has 6 "fine tune" settings and I still can't get a clear pic... any suggestions besides getting cable?

[A383Wing]

I thought FOX was in Tacoma?

No answer here for ya, sorry.

Bryan

[TK73]

I thought FOX was in Tacoma?

No answer here for ya, sorry.

Bryan

That would explain sh!tty reception...

[TK73]

Says Seattle/Tacoma... 

[DukesofHoward]

Try tuning to one of their repeater channels: 14, 25, 42, 54 or 64. They are meant to serve other, more distant areas but you never know how the signals are going to bounce.

Have cable myself...need the speed channel.

[rusty lee]

just saw an ad on T V that Feb 09 no more analog T V just digital. so tune it while you can.

[Manfred318]

just saw an ad on T V that Feb 09 no more analog T V just digital. so tune it while you can.

In the United States all television broadcasts will be exclusively digital as of February 17, 2009, by order of the Federal Communications Commission. This deadline was signed into law in early 2006. Furthermore, as of March 1, 2007, all new television sets that can receive signals over-the-air, including pocket-sized portable televisions, must include digital or HDTV tuners so they can receive digital broadcasts. Currently, most U.S. broadcasters are transmitting their signals in both analog and digital formats; a few are digital-only.
Citing the bandwidth efficiency of digital TV, after the analog switch-off, the FCC will auction off channels 52-69 (the lower half of the 700 MHz band) for other communications traffic, completing the reallocation of broadcast channels 52-69 that began in the late 1990s. The FCC is also planning to abandon the channels 2-6 (54-72/76-88 MHz) for broadcast television in the near future.

To assist consumers through the conversion, the U.S. government will take requests from households for up to two $40 coupons for digital-to-analog converter boxes beginning January 1, 2008 via a toll free number or a website. However, these government coupons are limited to an initial sum of $890 million (22,250,000 coupons) with the option to grow to $1.34 billion (33,500,000 coupons), which is far short of the estimated 112 million households in the United States., although reports indicate 1 in 2 households already has a digital TV.

You can go here to apply for a digital tuner cupon---> https://www.dtv2009.gov/Default.aspx

[TK73]

Thanks guys!!  will try those other stations...

Have an HDTV tuner in the 42"