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Hendyjohn


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I just bought a Jack Digital TV antenna and Surelock signal indicator for my ice house located on east side of Mille Lacs. I have not installed it yet but I was wondering if anyone has any experince with Digital TV signal in the Mille Lacs area? I have read mixed results with this but most of these were from a few years ago.

Can anyone share any experiences with me?



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I get great reception in the woods across the road from Hunters Pt. If your out on the ice, you'll have no problems ! Now we just need ice.......LOL


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How high do you have the antenna? I plan on installing mine on my existing Satellite dish mounting pole on ice house. Will be about 7-8 ft from ground.

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It is on the cabin roof, so about 16 feet. You will have an excellant view of the southern sky on the ice, should be no issues.

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Cool. How many digital channels are you able to get and are you able to get Fox 9 out of Minneapolis for football games?



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Maybe I mis-read your post, I thought this was satellite TV ?? I have DirectTv so I get about 180+channels and for sure the # 9...

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Glen obviously misread something. Our digital tv never worked. I dont know anyone up there that has a good digital setup.



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Yep I have heard the same thing from several other people as well. I am just going to go with Direct TV as I do have the Dish on the house. Was hoping to avoid a monthly fee for something that just won't get used a lot.

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I've still got an antenna setup. When the TV transmissions went digital

My channel selection went to hell. Last winter I replaced my aging antenna

with a new 8ft directional one (60-80 mile range). I made the mistake of buying the RCA

5 ft antenna mast sections. I raised the antenna up about 8 ft above

the roof line of my house. That night we had a cold front move through

and my antenna masts collasped from the wind gusts. @#%@@# furious !!

ANYWAY...I was only able to get one ABC channel and three/four PBS

channels. I did pickup a couple of weak signals during the day, but

they dropped out at dusk.

I havn't been able to pick up any Twin Cities stations with a digital

signal.

Rick Anderson

 



-- Edited by Rick Anderson on Wednesday 5th of December 2012 09:29:52 AM

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Thanks for the reply!! I am going Direct TV.

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If you close by can I run a cable from you system???????

Just kidding   smile

good luck this year!



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Absolutely!! Might cost you a cold one though!!smile



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