The only signal I can pick up is PBS out of Brainerd, ch.22.  There is 6 different signals from that station. I was hoping to get Fox ch.39 out of Aitkin too but I cant get it to come in. Maybe I need a different antenna.

I'm still picking up channel 16 on the old anolog signal.  (Old TV no converter box)  This is the KSTP channel 5 signal with local (Up north) news. 

My camper neighbor has a digital reciever in his new flat screen and can pick up 4,5,9, and 11 using the antenna on the RV camper.  This is from a spot about 50 yards off the lake.

-J.

Thanks for the infromation.

It looks like reception is from none to good depending on location.
I have had fair to good analog reception on the Ice depending on weather.
My antenna has taken some hits but should work for one more year.
I hate to spend $150.00 for a dish when I only watch a couple of hours of TV per trip.
I think I'll invest in a small LCD tv, but not sure if I'll keep it in the House.

I will post my results a couple of weeks into the season for others.


Rick

I stopped at Best Buy yesterday and picked up a 19" LCD TV.
My fishing House antenna is kinda beat up, but should work.
I downloaded a reception chart that gives compass reading and distance from www.tvfool.com using Hunters resort as reference.

I will post reception results a week or two after we're on the Ice.

 

I got my house pulled out on Monday and found that there still is analog reception. Ch. 16, 39, 48 for analog and Ch. 22 for digital. My antenna was directed toward Brainerd.

wbuerkley wrote:

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Do you know who you contacted regarding Dish TV?  Was it local to Isle or where you live?

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 Check your inbox. I sent you a phone number

For a minute there Bob, I thought you got a new gig !!! I was gonna send you back into the woods, to do some fanagling on ours ....!!!

really at the cabin all we can do is watch dvds and some fuzzy Kare 11 and channel 5

We have 33 channels this morning. Good thing, to cold to do anything outside. So now does the cold crisp air help signal? We usually only get 8 channels and they would come and go.

Well, I hooked up my new Digital TV last Wednesday afternoon
and pointed the antenna towards Brainard. I got channels 16 and 39
and a bunch of PBS channels. Channels 16 and 39 are both analog. I had to tweak the antenna to get either one in clearly and would loose the digital channels. The digital PBS channels came in with a 50% signal strength on my TV. I intended to sweep the antenna northeast for Duluth and south for the cities on Thursday, however, due to the cold and the wind I decided to hold off. Each time I move the antenna, I need to do a new search, kind of a pain.! I didn't have the antenna tightened down and the wind was whipping it around like a weathervane. By Thursday afternoon the wind had done a job on the antenna so I gave up. Looks like next year will be Satellite and a dish.

Sorry to say, but ,after reading the Stollen Honda Generator posting I would need to point out that I don't leave the TV or anything on value in my house. 

heres what i do i have a directv at home so for an additional 5$ a month i added a receiver. i put that receiver in fishhouse with an old dish i had from a move  or you can pick one up at a garage sale. and walah i have a few hundred channels in my house for 5$ bucks a month at the end of season just deactivate  receiver or use it in your garage.