Getting Channel 6

[zeke]

I live in the Brewers Hill area and just got a Hughes receiver this weekend.

Yesterday, I was able to get 100% reception on 4, 12 & 58.  I havent even been able to get 5% on channel 6.  Should I keep moving the antennae around, or is it a lost cause to hope to pick up 6?

[Gregg Lengling]

Give it up until this Summer when they move to their main tower (don't hold your breath).  They are currently transmitting with only a couple hundred watts at about 125' at their Studio at HWY57 and Brown Deer Road.  There is a ridge between you and them, you'll never receive it.

[Matt Heebner]

And what will irritate me to no end is if TWC gets FAUX's signal over the line, but I can't get their signal OTA 9 lousy miles from their tower.

If this happens, and it looks like it might, this will not be forgotten!
:mad:

Matt

[borghe]

If you are using an indoor, good luck. Equipped with my RS DBT I can only get them at 44-51 from one spot in my house on 69th&Bluemound. Literally one spot that is a cube about 2'x2'x2'. If you move your antenna outside and point it in the right direction you will probably get better results. That's what I did for the NFC playoffs.

[veyj]

Did Fox 6 (33D) replace their batteries?  For some reason I'm now locking on their signal (44-51 Hughes E86).  This has now been 3 days in a row (Yes, fingers crossed, knocking on wood).  I thought I'd check signal strength on Sunday for the NFC Championship.  Rotor got to about 315 and I was able to hold a steady 44 which was good enough with no dropouts.  Next night, same thing, but peak strength was at 305 on the rotor.  Last night was 44-51 at 311.  I've tried Fox 33D many times before and the highest reading was some where in the 20's.

I'm approx. 16 miles SSE of the trasmitter.  Any reason why I have to keep adjusting my rotor (315, 305, 311)?  10 degrees seems to be an awfully big range.

Fox Wide Screen NFC game wasn't bad.  Certainly not HD, but not bad.  Much better than analog or Directv.

John