Antenna TV reception

[Goofy4President]

Just wondering how good TV reception is with a regular camper antenna in a site without cable. Not that we'll watch alot of TV while at the Fort, but it would be nice to get local weather, etc. Anyone with any insight?

 

[AuburnJen92]

you can get quite a few channels, but remember that digital is in place come feb 09 so you will have to get a converter if you need one...

 

[ORLCampers]

As Jen said, it works fairly well with some fading in/out as expected. We use our bat-wing antenna on the TT and were able to receive all the local channels. For those not local they are:

2 - Local NBC Affiliate
6 - Local CBS Affiliate
9 - Local ABC Affiliate
15 - Daytona Beach
18 - WB 18
24 - PBS
27 - WRDQ
35 - Local FOX Affiliate

There are some other stations, but these are likely the ones you'll use most.

 

[clkelley]

Go ahead and get that digital converter. I get GREAT TV reception on the crappy antenna in my camper with the converter.

 

[PanFanAL]

Or just get a new TV with the digital tuner. We used this as an excuse to get a new widescreen LCD for the house and a TV for the TT.

 

[gon2wdw55]

We get great reception on our TV watching DVD's no fuzzy picture or bad sound.

 

[2goofycampers]

Or just get a new TV with the digital tuner. We used this as an excuse to get a new widescreen LCD for the house and a TV for the TT.

DITTO/ now I have to figure out what to do with 4 old TV's.

 

[clkelley]

We get great reception on our TV watching DVD's no fuzzy picture or bad sound.

Actually, I agree!! Although I rarely even watch DVDs. I actually plug in my XM radio and listen to that the most while camping. I can get the weather on internet or by calling the local weather phone #.

However, what I do like about the digital is that (so far) most towns have at least one digital station that is a 24 hour local weather station, so it only takes me a minute or 2 to see what the weather is going to be.

 

[Tigger1966]

The bad thing about the digital is that there is no fringe area you either have a good digital signal or you have lockup. So much for the campgrounds where you had a snowy picture but it was still good enough to watch while it was raining.

 

[phape]

Big benefit to having a new digital tuner is that you'll get the NBC weather channel, it broadcasts as a sub-station to the Orlanda NBC affiliate (same here in Buffalo if you ever come up).