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Yeah. Yeah. Run channel on. Rescan. Get. Up. Do holly roller. On. Floor. Get camera. They. See you doing. It. So. Run channel scan. Now so. You all do holly roller. Dance. People. Ahhhhhhhhhh. Hahahahahha. You see it on. Tv. HAHAHAHHAHHA
Hi! I really enjoy your informative videos. I am retired now. Many years ago I operated my own TV repair, and sales business. I opened my business in the late 70's. There sure have been a lot of changes over the years. Before the TV repair business hit bottom I was fortunate to get a job as an electronics technician, and instructor for a college. You are very knowledgeable, an professional, and a great speaker. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. Great job! , Mike
I've had new channels show up without running a re-scan. usually it's a new sub channel on a channel I already have. it's always exciting to see a new channel show up
I wish more tv's would have a "scan add" function to add new channels so the tuner can scan for new stations to add to what has already been found instead of scanning all over again. I found this function useful for weak signals. Those RCA converter boxes have this function.
I can tell you that Vizio TV's have this feature. I have a Vizio TV, and in the menu for channels, it gives find channels for a full scan, and partial scan for either scanning a specific channel range, or scanning just 1 channel. T 1 channel, the RF channel number must be entered twice, both from and to. It scans without wiping out existing channels.
@@davenwin1973 My 8 yr old 50 in Vizio has this feature and picks up 60+ OTA channels. However, my 24 in LG tv/computer monitor won't hardly pick up squat.
My 2020/21 Vizio doesn't allow a partial rescan (or adding a channel by entering its RF channel number like my first Samsung HDTV did), but it does have a "Find New Channels" scan that merely adds newly discovered channels without deleting old ones. Nonetheless, I suspect "endless rescans" may have contributed to my having to do a warranty exchange on my first new set; I was using that setting constantly with an old RadioShack indoor antenna -- highly directional on UHF (unlike today's "multidirectional" antennas that merely favor one direction) but with rotator, good for strong-signal areas with lots of multipath interference like my old apartment, but NOT the house I live in today where the signals aren't as strong (especially on VHF-Hi) & come from different directions -- when it started flaking out. (I then broke down & got an Antennas Direct Clearstream MAX-V; that plus finding a higher elevation site for it solved most of my reception issues even though it's still indoors. I also discovered via talking with an Antennas Direct CSR that my local NBC affiliate was at reduced power due to tower damage, which has since been repaired.)
I always rescan on optimal weather days since it does factor in to certain channels in my area. Also if I lose a station I realise now that it can very often be them doing maintenance or having reduced power temporarily. Great vid & info
Very good video. You had a lot of very useful into. I actually have one of those DTV boxes you mentioned that I take with me when I travel. I learned, by accident about being able to select the actual RF channel and then move the antenna to get the signal. You had a very good tip. Also, stations are doing a BAD job keeping people informed about their repacking. When I lost a station after a repack, I had to email the engineer, who then told me they would be running on an interim antenna and low power for 6mo! But they never informed their viewers!
I had poor reception and struggled for 3 years trying get decent reception, Finally I installed a large antenna on a large pole, It was a huge effort, But finally I had perfect reception, The next day I lost the very channels I was so happy to Finally receive, I was devastated.......The day after I had installed my new antenna and scanned my channels in, The broadcasters changed the channels around! Oh thank god!
You'll most likely get it back, but it could take up to 6mo. Check with that station's engineer and you'll probably find they are waiting for a tower crew before they can go back to full power.
I bought the mid range indoor/outdoor you recommended. I now get 48 out of the 60 possible channels in my area. I hung it out on the porch and they're all rock solid. Though 40 out of the 48 channels are complete crap. =P
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I rescanned my antenna television a few times recently I scan mine in analog . I rescanned my husbands it scanned in digital. He has antenna TV too. He got more channels than I did first time. I think,it is location too. I saw the rf channels have more but we don't have satellite TV anymore it would cost to much to have them wire this place for cable. I told him the rf channels are the Rich Folk channels. Not far from the truth. I am so glad I cut the satellite ties with the coming of the total eclipse of the sun August 21,2017....it cost so much extra to watch television than I wanted to spend all those years. Glad to have antenna t.v.
Back in october I couldn't pick anything up for about 2 week. So I ordered a digital box because some said it was a weak tuner. I watched TV on my adroid. When got my digital box, I didn't if would or not. Finally it did. I moved my atenna and it finally came in.
I have 2 distant 75 and 80 mile stations that I see clearly some days, if it rains or snow on the ground I get a black screen with audio only label. Sunny days and slight overcast is best for my reception area. I think moisture grounds the signal to a certain degree. Rescans do not pick it up, waiting a day or 2 and reappear.
Same here. I got WNCT 9, WCTI 12, WXLV 45, WXII 12, WUNP 36, and WITN 7 from Raleigh, with my little directional antenna (a piece of a broken rabbit ear antenna). I hope to get a larger one by christmas, but will continue to use the small antenna for certain scans.
Don't rescan in the wee hours of the morning, some broadcasters cut their power output at that time. Don't rescan when it is windy outside, the wind can affect a weak signal.
Tropospheric ducting occurs during morning hours and or in some cases the evening when temperature inverts. Weather fronts also produce this phenomenon. This is an optimal time to rescan and this is probably why transmit power is reduced to avoid interference. You can Google propagation maps to monitor band enhancements.
About once a month (when extreme fog happens) I will rescan since my local channels (40 miles west and 30 miles east) will disappear. Then I will rescan and pick up channels 150, 200 & even 250 miles away. Very bizarre! This weather freak usually lasts only a couple hours. I live near Fort Wayne, IN and may pick up Cleveland and even Pittsburgh.
@@AntennaMan I had that happen to me, too. I scanned for channels, getting WJFW-TV 12 from Rhinelander, Wisconsin and WJMN-TV 3 from Marquette, Michigan on two separate occasions from Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Greg Gasiorowski, sometimes during the summer on cloudless, sunny days my reception sometimes breaks up. Wired! I agree that my best reception is on slightly cloudy days (although I am extremely happy with my reception.
This occurs with high sunspot activity, which effects the ionosphere. There's a website that forecasts sun spot activity. When there's a good sized flare on the sun, you can expect some interesting ionosphere signal bouncing within usually 2 days of the flare.
I have a similar TV you are using, and a rescan may be needed when it says there is no signal, yet the meter shows a strong signal. I had one channel go like that, then a second, and a third. Rescan got rid of the false positives, and correctly ID'd the three bad channels, and in working order again.
Also, don't do a rescan late at night (after midnight, & before 6 AM) when some stations may actually be off the air. Until recently the PBS station in my area (Iowa Public Television) signed off their transmitters in the middle of the night, due to the high cost and maintenance involved with brodcasting a statewide network across 9 transmitters.
Sometimes stations just add a subchannel without notice. Had someone say did you see XYX on 9.4, so did a re scan to get it. Would think a station would want viewers to know "there's a new sub-channel rode into town". One bad feature of my set is doing a re-scan erases all the hidden ones so I have to do the channel hides for home shopping, two kid channels etc. Royal pain, but hey better than $75/mo for limited cable c***.
Most TV tuners have the ability of adding subchannels without the need of a rescan. As long as a TV station isn't changing RF channels, the tuners can pick up the subchannels from the TV stream.
I run a scan about once a week. Literally takes less then 60 seconds on my TV sets. Also I recommend scanning at night. Usually get better signal at night compared to day time. NOT always though.
Also, another time to, sometimes, do a rescan is when your local TV stations add subchannels. Over the past 5 days, KSMO-TV Ch. 62 in Kansas City, MO added Cozi TV & Circle to Ch. 62.4 & 62.5. Also, KCTV-TV Ch. 5 (Also in Kansas City, MO.) added Quest to Ch. 5.4. I really enjoy the videos!
Unless you have an older TV, you shouldn't need to rescan your TV, just to add subchannels. I used to have a Magnavox converter box, along with currently owning 2 TV's (Vizio and Insignia), and I don't have to rescan when subchannels are added. I can't be on that RF channel when the subchannels are added. The exception might be, if a tuner doesn't recognize the same RF and virtual channel. This is why I believe we should have learned new TV channels, instead of keeping the analog channels for digital, in the form of virtual channels. TV stations sometimes have a glitch in their signal, that might show their RF channel instead of the virtual channel, then might conflict with a station using the virtual channel.
@@davenwin1973 I think what I was really thinking about was the TV tuners that you can hook up to your computer (USB TV Tuners.), or home network (SiliconDust HDHomerun Tuners.). Those I know you do have to do a rescan when new subchannels are added.
@@r66f80 i remember 2 different tuners for my computer, and those had to be rescanned, when subchannels were added. It was a pain. It didn't update the name of the channel either, if the subchannel changed networks.
Thanks for this video. I had a feeling I shouldn’t rescan my TV. I just had a whole bunch of stations stop coming in, saying no signal. At first it was just 21.2 create here in Yonkers, NY on border of the Bronx. I’ve been watching channel 2 CBS most of the night. Now suddenly that station no signal. All the channel 5 and 9 stations no signal either. I’m getting channel 4 NBC stations. I had a feeling they are doing something with the signals. Cause that many stations to go out at same time. Stations went out just after 11:40. I’ll wait till tomorrow. Hopefully they come back. I’m using an RCA amplified indoor antenna. Should I do a rescan if stations are not back? Or wait till something shows up? I live in an apartment complex so we are not allowed to put anything on roof or out the window. I have mine on the wall near the window.
I personally recommend the Clear Channel TV antenna. What you are gonna want to do is place it under a washing machine or some other wobbly piece of furniture to help stabilize it. It it is the boxy type and your couch is still a little wobbly, sitting on it should help crush the antenna box to get the couch stabilization perfect.
My setup is with Tablo and their accompanying Guide service. I rescan everyday just to see if anything has changed; there are *five* pending Repack changes that could happen at any time during the current Phase 8. One station can't move until another moves first, etc., so I should be seeing something marked "New" when they actually pull the trigger. We had one station Repack on the very first day of Phase 7 back in October, even though they weren't required to be done until 1/17/2020. (I guess their destination RF was open, so they went for it.) If I rescan and there are no changes, I simply don't update the Guide, so I can just take a look without changing anything if it's not needed. Also, there are two local sub channels which are backwards in the Guide because the station uploaded the wrong ID and program info; they said (because I asked them) they will switch them correctly this week, so I'm watching for things like that, too.
Some systems automatically retune when listing changes occur and some don't. Always check if yours does. Freeview retune warning messages appear in a semi-transparent overlay (similar to the one used for subtitles); the four coloured buttons are used to interact with it.
I live in an apartment in Chicago-I cannot have an outside antenna and you do not service this area. You may ask-why do I watch your videos? I watch them because I learn something new in every one of them. I have a Homeworx box and have never tried the manual search aspect. Very interesting.
I tend to get the most scan propagation just a bit after dawn. Though some channels drop off through the day, they are in memory until I remove them manually.
A friend just told me he's getting rid of cable and is going to install an antenna. Some of our local TV stations are still using VHF on their digital broadcasts, so I know he can't just get a UHF antenna. Picture that we're maybe a 20/30 minute drive from most of the local broadcast towers. Can you recommend an antenna that'll give him good reception on both VHF and UHF?
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Just bought the Televes DatBoss extreme, ordered it from Lowes, I got rid of my $110.00 satellite dish last summer, saved enough to buy the antenna and the rotor with money to spare, and at 70 years old did it all myself, even the antenna mast mount on my chimney, get about 40 channels from the east and about 40 channels from the west, some are duplicates, but they all satisfy me, like the Televees antenna.
You say not to use the flat antenna then what do you recommend for an indoor one? I live in an apartment so I cannot get an outdoor one unfortunately! Thanks!
Could you explain why channels go away with seasonal changes? I seem to lose stations in the winter. They come back in the late Spring. I have a rooftop mounted antenna. Thank you for the information you provide too.
It could be a number of things but likely just changes in atmospheric conditions that affect it. You are just barely getting the signal which is why they go away with the slight weather changes. You may need a larger antenna mounted higher up for better reception
Thanks, I have always avoided rescans because, as you said, a station under servicing or in my case off the air due to power failure will be lost from the TV. Another problem is it may bring in a duplicate channel from a different market. I live in a rural area Zip 88310 where the DTV stations seem to be of good quality but the analog are very poor. I was receiving CH 7 from 2 different markets which meant that my DVD would not record either. Since I am disabled and cannot mount either an outdoor or attic antenna and cannot find a reliable person to do it, I use the flat antennae you don't recommend with tin foil to amplify the signal. That 2nd market is supposed to be out of range except for outdoor antennae. Have you ever heard of anyone receiving duplicate signals form different markets?
I have mounted an antenna on my roof and it does an ok job, but there are times when I would like to adjust it. I didn't put it up there and I will not be able to make any adjustments easily. If I can get the big 4 networks, that should suffice. Since dumping cable I've been much more into streaming services and I also watch lots on YT using my tablet. Too many channels can result in coach potato syndrome.
I hate running rescans for the reception issue you mentioned. Often it's a pain to get faint channels back. One suggestion if someone is looking for a listed channel that they're not receiving: run a partial manual scan only for the channel or range of channels that aren't coming in. For instance, for me the channels 24.1 - 25.3 are hard to get when I've positioned the antenna best for all others. I run a manual channel search for that range only while slightly adjusting the antenna. It can take a few tries, but it keeps me from possibly losing channels I already receive.
@@AntennaMan one thing of the problem is if it only an analog Tv it won't pick up. It will scan but there are no analog siginals present. My TV has both a digital tuner and digital. I don't think the analog where ever they are not reaching that far. 😊
@@AntennaMan I had a new TV delivered yesterday. (Wish I could've waited until the ATSC 3.0 versions rolled out.) I checked, and turns out it only has automatic channel search. Damn. It's a much nicer TV than my old Vizeo and cost over twice as much. Yet it doesn't have manual search. 🙄
I want to know what I can do to get fox. I have an outdoor antenna 20 feet up in the air have a two panel antenna on facing west for abc nbc and cbs and one facing the exact direction of fox and pbs according to that web site fox tower and pbs is in the exact same line and pbs is 6 miles closer to me and that’s all I can get to come in.
When is the best time to do I rescan after you bought that new corner reflector antenna from my cable mart it has four reflectors two on the top and two on the bottom and three booms I'm sure big t will be trying this one out soon
This means that the signal is very low and that your tuner cannot decode it correctly. I've seen some TV say that and it confuses some people into thinking it's on the broadcasting side. You may need a better antenna setup
No. If you have signal issues during certain times of the day it's likely due to atmospheric changes from barely getting the signal due to a lackluster setup.
I had a channel that went off the air and called the company by doing a google search they told me they were doing maintenance and just do a rescan they came back on the air in a few minutes.
I love your channel, great live stream last weekend. I'm in Western PA and ran a rescan this evening using the same ematic tuner that I see you use. Well, now for example on WTAE, under my all TV list it says 4-1 and then below it I have an additional 4-1 and it has a green skip square next to the stronger, closer transmitter (which is the one that is being skipped). Using the 4V antenna. Ugh! Any advice please? Thanks, Vince from PA
Not using a flat antenna is easy for you to say. I personally live in a senior apartments situation and it is 16 stories high, I live on the 8 th floor, my basic cable bill went to a hundred and ten dollars a month so I shut it off being that I live on a fixed income. I have no choice but to use a flat antenna hanging on a wall behind the TV . So, if you can recommend the best antenna for my situation, I'd appreciate it very much. Thank you.
Another great video! Keep it up! I have noticed by watching your videos that the VHF low channels (2 thru 6) are not being used all too often in various markets. That would be 54 thru 88 MHz, with a small section 72 thru 76 MHz I used to use for my remote control race car. What do you think the FCC is going to do with all that unused spectrum? What can it be re-purposed for? The antennas required are too big for pocket sized devices. Then again, there used to be a paging company (before you time) that transmitted on 35 MHz. I can't remember the exact frequency, but I was up on the roof of the building it was installed on and it's antenna was a horizontal bar with wire wrapped around it. It was so powerful that it caused RFI on all the ham radio stuff we had up there. So I guess mini ferrite bar antennas for receive? LOL
Some people would like to have channels 5 and 6 to be repurposed for the FM band. The FCC has made it clear that they're not removing RF channels 2 to 6 from the VHF TV band. I personally wish the FCC hadn't removed 38 to 51 from the UHF TV band. Canada won't be eliminating those channels, and my understanding is that Mexico won't either. Mexico I believe must go digital next year.
In areas with limited expansion room, VHF 2-6 will be available to new broadcasters according to what I've read. If you purchase a new antenna, make sure it has VHF low band capability. You may need it down the road for new channels.
No, I like the additional channels, and the ghost and snow-free pictures, also the increased picture resolution. I don't want to go back to model T Fords, either. My car rides smoother, goes faster and gets better gas mileage. Warmer inside, and cooler in summertime too.
I am at my whits end. My brother recently purchased a new TV. Everything was fine. Then about 2 weeks ago the signals were changed. He has a converter box and an outside antenna. He ran a scan and it shows he gets 60 channels. Then it goes back to blue screen and says "No Signal". We ran a re-scan and a double re-scan and still "No signal". The TV is set on AIR. There is no channel (3or4) on the converter box and he put new wire on the antenna. I have read and watched so many videos trying to figure it out but I am stumped. Could you give me any ideas about what we are doing wrong. Also, I forgot to tell you, it's an RCA 4K Ultra HD TV. I would appreciate any help.
Every time I have run a rescan I get like 10 blank channels, clearly ones I can't get yet don't understand why they are picked up during the rescan. Then I have to go into the settings and delete them.
I recently ran a rescan on my Sony Bravia TV says I have 100 stations but I don’t get pictures on channel 316, 1,10, 129, 157 one but yet I get sound and all the other channels I get picture and sound what am I doing wrong? I live in, Mount Holly,, NJ 08060 thanks John March 2024
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I just got one of the Ematic converters recommended in the video and it works great as a DVR, but I gotta say.... the remote sucks..... too many functions and half the size it needs to be. Don't suppose there's an option out there?
Hey Tyler, this video seemed like the best place to ask this question. I’m curious, do sub-channels have broadcast rights the same as the main channels? I remember on the rare occasions that my old crappy flat indoor antenna would work I would see the INSP channel. Now though with my Televes the same RF channel is MyTV . I looked it up and INSP isn’t listed in my area anymore so it’s not a it moved RF channels thing so I’m just curious.
No they are still operating at reduced power at least until June or July. If you are having trouble picking them up I do service the area and can likely help you bring them back and using my portable tuner and signal meter. Visit my website at antennamanpa.com if interested. I've been very successful increasing the signal on stations in this area using my method.
@@AntennaMan Thanks Tyler.... no problem with Fire TV? I see this is not in your Amazon store, guess I'll just look for cheapest on eBay then..... again thanks, I hit you up w/PayPal
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Help Antenna Man, the stations that were still showing on my tv but said no signal. Well they completely disappeared. So stupid me did a channel tuning. Nothing just getting NBC 4 stations. Man I’m so angry as I watch allot of shows on CBS. Cable is just too expensive.
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@@AntennaMan After watching a lot of your videos; I have a Broadcast tower East, and one North of me so I went with the DB8e multidirectional antenna, I also added the VHF antenna from Antennas Direct. I have two TV's, #1 TV is flawless, signal strength shows max. TV #2; when I rescan, it is also flawless but as soon as I turn it off and turn it back on, it has some pixilation that doesn't go away unless I rescan again and don't turn off the TV. Please let me know if this is something you can help me with, I will be happy to sign up with you.
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There’s No signal 36-3 Antenna (name of the channel-Antenna) says No Signal. Is it gone? Anybody out there? 2-years later (post) it’s the channel Silver spoons comes on during the weekend.
So to summarize.; scanning does not improve reception. The object of scanning is to identify as many channels as your system's can receive for your location. This is best conducted when all conditions are optimal for reception. Once a channel is listed in your TV, additional scans during poor reception conditions can only make matters worse.
I get these loud electronic thumping noise from my tv, thinking it was the tv. Upon moving my antenna to various spots, all is fine. I noticed that tv channels I don't like nor watch are absolutely free of that annoying thumping. Old rerun shows, shop at home channels, game shows, Everytime have no problems ( as to search for no thumping channels). I wonder why all the channels I hate are so trouble free. Every channel I like, that annoying sound. Picture is great, the sound is horrible on those channels. To get that cleared, gotta keep trying different places to put the antenna. And leaving it in a good spot does not stay good. That mystifies me.
Too much to do about nothing, running rescans isn't going to break anything so run as many as you want, you pretty much have to run night & day as day reception is so much weaker than night & you can sometimes get twice as many channels in those early AM hours. Personality I don't want to surf through all those dead channels during the day so scan again during the day. Also when atmospheric conditions shift or when I rotate the antenna via rotor. It isn't going to fix a bad antenna scenario but it doesn't end the world if you temporally lose a fringe channel.
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Yeah. Yeah. Run channel on. Rescan. Get. Up. Do holly roller. On. Floor. Get camera. They. See you doing. It. So. Run channel scan. Now so. You all do holly roller. Dance. People. Ahhhhhhhhhh. Hahahahahha. You see it on. Tv. HAHAHAHHAHHA
Do you need a DTV box for each TV in your home if you have multiple TV’S????
Hi! I really enjoy your informative videos. I am retired now. Many years ago I operated my own TV repair, and sales business. I opened my business in the late 70's. There sure have been a lot of changes over the years. Before the TV repair business hit bottom I was fortunate to get a job as an electronics technician, and instructor for a college. You are very knowledgeable, an professional, and a great speaker. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. Great job! , Mike
I've had new channels show up without running a re-scan. usually it's a new sub channel on a channel I already have. it's always exciting to see a new channel show up
My smart tv (Samsung) will do this. I think it rescans on its own whenever there is a system update.
I wish more tv's would have a "scan add" function to add new channels so the tuner can scan for new stations to add to what has already been found instead of scanning all over again. I found this function useful for weak signals. Those RCA converter boxes have this function.
I can tell you that Vizio TV's have this feature. I have a Vizio TV, and in the menu for channels, it gives find channels for a full scan, and partial scan for either scanning a specific channel range, or scanning just 1 channel. T 1 channel, the RF channel number must be entered twice, both from and to. It scans without wiping out existing channels.
@@davenwin1973 My 8 yr old 50 in Vizio has this feature and picks up 60+ OTA channels. However, my 24 in LG tv/computer monitor won't hardly pick up squat.
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My 2020/21 Vizio doesn't allow a partial rescan (or adding a channel by entering its RF channel number like my first Samsung HDTV did), but it does have a "Find New Channels" scan that merely adds newly discovered channels without deleting old ones. Nonetheless, I suspect "endless rescans" may have contributed to my having to do a warranty exchange on my first new set; I was using that setting constantly with an old RadioShack indoor antenna -- highly directional on UHF (unlike today's "multidirectional" antennas that merely favor one direction) but with rotator, good for strong-signal areas with lots of multipath interference like my old apartment, but NOT the house I live in today where the signals aren't as strong (especially on VHF-Hi) & come from different directions -- when it started flaking out. (I then broke down & got an Antennas Direct Clearstream MAX-V; that plus finding a higher elevation site for it solved most of my reception issues even though it's still indoors. I also discovered via talking with an Antennas Direct CSR that my local NBC affiliate was at reduced power due to tower damage, which has since been repaired.)
I always rescan on optimal weather days since it does factor in to certain channels in my area. Also if I lose a station I realise now that it can very often be them doing maintenance or having reduced power temporarily. Great vid & info
Very good video. You had a lot of very useful into. I actually have one of those DTV boxes you mentioned that I take with me when I travel. I learned, by accident about being able to select the actual RF channel and then move the antenna to get the signal. You had a very good tip. Also, stations are doing a BAD job keeping people informed about their repacking. When I lost a station after a repack, I had to email the engineer, who then told me they would be running on an interim antenna and low power for 6mo! But they never informed their viewers!
I had poor reception and struggled for 3 years trying get decent reception, Finally I installed a large antenna on a large pole, It was a huge effort, But finally I had perfect reception,
The next day I lost the very channels I was so happy to Finally receive, I was devastated.......The day after I had installed my new antenna and scanned my channels in, The broadcasters changed the channels around! Oh thank god!
You'll most likely get it back, but it could take up to 6mo. Check with that station's engineer and you'll probably find they are waiting for a tower crew before they can go back to full power.
I bought the mid range indoor/outdoor you recommended. I now get 48 out of the 60 possible channels in my area. I hung it out on the porch and they're all rock solid.
Though 40 out of the 48 channels are complete crap. =P
"...𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝟒𝟎 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟒𝟖 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐩. =𝐏..."
Beggars can't be choosers. My motto when it comes to stuff that you can't control and or you're getting for "free"(OTA) TV.
I rescanned my antenna television a few times recently I scan mine in analog . I rescanned my husbands it scanned in digital. He has antenna TV too. He got more channels than I did first time. I think,it is location too. I saw the rf channels have more but we don't have satellite TV anymore it would cost to much to have them wire this place for cable. I told him the rf channels are the Rich Folk channels. Not far from the truth. I am so glad I cut the satellite ties with the coming of the total eclipse of the sun August 21,2017....it cost so much extra to watch television than I wanted to spend all those years. Glad to have antenna t.v.
I had 11 channels and then bought the onn amplifier you spoke of and I now have 23 channels and crystal clear,,,even in the rain
Back in october I couldn't pick anything up for about 2 week. So I ordered a digital box because some said it was a weak tuner. I watched TV on my adroid.
When got my digital box, I didn't if would or not. Finally it did. I moved my atenna and it finally came in.
Much Thanks Brotherman, You are the Best of Learned Antenna Men! HOORAH!
I have 2 distant 75 and 80 mile stations that I see clearly some days, if it rains or snow on the ground I get a black screen with audio only label. Sunny days and slight overcast is best for my reception area. I think moisture grounds the signal to a certain degree. Rescans do not pick it up, waiting a day or 2 and reappear.
Same here. I got WNCT 9, WCTI 12, WXLV 45, WXII 12, WUNP 36, and WITN 7 from Raleigh, with my little directional antenna (a piece of a broken rabbit ear antenna). I hope to get a larger one by christmas, but will continue to use the small antenna for certain scans.
Don't rescan in the wee hours of the morning, some broadcasters cut their power output at that time. Don't rescan when it is windy outside, the wind can affect a weak signal.
I have no connection. ):
Tropospheric ducting occurs during morning hours and or in some cases the evening when temperature inverts. Weather fronts also produce this phenomenon. This is an optimal time to rescan and this is probably why transmit power is reduced to avoid interference. You can Google propagation maps to monitor band enhancements.
@@robinthurston3382 best time to scan is late at night or in the early morning hours
A good propagation map is aprs mountain lake. It measures vhf aprs signals. Uhf was hot a few weeks ago. I was picking up stations 300 miles away.
About once a month (when extreme fog happens) I will rescan since my local channels (40 miles west and 30 miles east) will disappear. Then I will rescan and pick up channels 150, 200 & even 250 miles away. Very bizarre! This weather freak usually lasts only a couple hours. I live near Fort Wayne, IN and may pick up Cleveland and even Pittsburgh.
That's called tropospheric ducting
@@AntennaMan I had that happen to me, too. I scanned for channels, getting WJFW-TV 12 from Rhinelander, Wisconsin and WJMN-TV 3 from Marquette, Michigan on two separate occasions from Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Usually fog is the worst for reception but overcast days w/o rain are the best I have personally found.
Greg Gasiorowski, sometimes during the summer on cloudless, sunny days my reception sometimes breaks up. Wired! I agree that my best reception is on slightly cloudy days (although I am extremely happy with my reception.
This occurs with high sunspot activity, which effects the ionosphere. There's a website that forecasts sun spot activity. When there's a good sized flare on the sun, you can expect some interesting ionosphere signal bouncing within usually 2 days of the flare.
I have a similar TV you are using, and a rescan may be needed when it says there is no signal, yet the meter shows a strong signal. I had one channel go like that, then a second, and a third. Rescan got rid of the false positives, and correctly ID'd the three bad channels, and in working order again.
Also, don't do a rescan late at night (after midnight, & before 6 AM) when some stations may actually be off the air. Until recently the PBS station in my area (Iowa Public Television) signed off their transmitters in the middle of the night, due to the high cost and maintenance involved with brodcasting a statewide network across 9 transmitters.
Thank you
Sometimes stations just add a subchannel without notice. Had someone say did you see XYX on 9.4, so did a re scan to get it. Would think a station would want viewers to know "there's a new sub-channel rode into town". One bad feature of my set is doing a re-scan erases all the hidden ones so I have to do the channel hides for home shopping, two kid channels etc. Royal pain, but hey better than $75/mo for limited cable c***.
Most TV tuners have the ability of adding subchannels without the need of a rescan. As long as a TV station isn't changing RF channels, the tuners can pick up the subchannels from the TV stream.
I run a scan about once a week. Literally takes less then 60 seconds on my TV sets. Also I recommend scanning at night. Usually get better signal at night compared to day time. NOT always though.
This was one of the most informative videos!!! Thanks Tyler
Also, another time to, sometimes, do a rescan is when your local TV stations add subchannels. Over the past 5 days, KSMO-TV Ch. 62 in Kansas City, MO added Cozi TV & Circle to Ch. 62.4 & 62.5. Also, KCTV-TV Ch. 5 (Also in Kansas City, MO.) added Quest to Ch. 5.4. I really enjoy the videos!
Unless you have an older TV, you shouldn't need to rescan your TV, just to add subchannels. I used to have a Magnavox converter box, along with currently owning 2 TV's (Vizio and Insignia), and I don't have to rescan when subchannels are added. I can't be on that RF channel when the subchannels are added. The exception might be, if a tuner doesn't recognize the same RF and virtual channel. This is why I believe we should have learned new TV channels, instead of keeping the analog channels for digital, in the form of virtual channels. TV stations sometimes have a glitch in their signal, that might show their RF channel instead of the virtual channel, then might conflict with a station using the virtual channel.
@@davenwin1973 I think what I was really thinking about was the TV tuners that you can hook up to your computer (USB TV Tuners.), or home network (SiliconDust HDHomerun Tuners.). Those I know you do have to do a rescan when new subchannels are added.
@@r66f80 i remember 2 different tuners for my computer, and those had to be rescanned, when subchannels were added. It was a pain. It didn't update the name of the channel either, if the subchannel changed networks.
Thanks for this video. I had a feeling I shouldn’t rescan my TV. I just had a whole bunch of stations stop coming in, saying no signal. At first it was just 21.2 create here in Yonkers, NY on border of the Bronx. I’ve been watching channel 2 CBS most of the night. Now suddenly that station no signal. All the channel 5 and 9 stations no signal either. I’m getting channel 4 NBC stations. I had a feeling they are doing something with the signals. Cause that many stations to go out at same time. Stations went out just after 11:40. I’ll wait till tomorrow. Hopefully they come back. I’m using an RCA amplified indoor antenna. Should I do a rescan if stations are not back? Or wait till something shows up? I live in an apartment complex so we are not allowed to put anything on roof or out the window. I have mine on the wall near the window.
You are like the weather man for Antennas.
Thanks! You always provide good information.
I personally recommend the Clear Channel TV antenna. What you are gonna want to do is place it under a washing machine or some other wobbly piece of furniture to help stabilize it. It it is the boxy type and your couch is still a little wobbly, sitting on it should help crush the antenna box to get the couch stabilization perfect.
My setup is with Tablo and their accompanying Guide service. I rescan everyday just to see if anything has changed; there are *five* pending Repack changes that could happen at any time during the current Phase 8. One station can't move until another moves first, etc., so I should be seeing something marked "New" when they actually pull the trigger. We had one station Repack on the very first day of Phase 7 back in October, even though they weren't required to be done until 1/17/2020. (I guess their destination RF was open, so they went for it.) If I rescan and there are no changes, I simply don't update the Guide, so I can just take a look without changing anything if it's not needed. Also, there are two local sub channels which are backwards in the Guide because the station uploaded the wrong ID and program info; they said (because I asked them) they will switch them correctly this week, so I'm watching for things like that, too.
Some systems automatically retune when listing changes occur and some don't. Always check if yours does.
Freeview retune warning messages appear in a semi-transparent overlay (similar to the one used for subtitles); the four coloured buttons are used to interact with it.
I live in an apartment in Chicago-I cannot have an outside antenna and you do not service this area. You may ask-why do I watch your videos? I watch them because I learn something new in every one of them. I have a Homeworx box and have never tried the manual search aspect. Very interesting.
Try it out I bet it'll help your reception
thanks for the info/ what is the best affordable one to get
I tend to get the most scan propagation just a bit after dawn. Though some channels drop off through the day, they are in memory until I remove them manually.
A friend just told me he's getting rid of cable and is going to install an antenna. Some of our local TV stations are still using VHF on their digital broadcasts, so I know he can't just get a UHF antenna. Picture that we're maybe a 20/30 minute drive from most of the local broadcast towers. Can you recommend an antenna that'll give him good reception on both VHF and UHF?
Most markets still have VHF channels. The band is included in the TV spectrum and TV channels aren't leaving the band. In fact, many are going to the VHF band due to the FCC repack. This antenna works great in suburban settings: amzn.to/31vi4Yf
@@AntennaMan Thanks, Tyler!
Just bought the Televes DatBoss extreme, ordered it from Lowes, I got rid of my $110.00 satellite dish last summer, saved enough to buy the antenna and the rotor with money to spare, and at 70 years old did it all myself, even the antenna mast mount on my chimney, get about 40 channels from the east and about 40 channels from the west, some are duplicates, but they all satisfy me, like the Televees antenna.
Can you please help me setup my strong decoder using antenna not s. dish
You say not to use the flat antenna then what do you recommend for an indoor one? I live in an apartment so I cannot get an outdoor one unfortunately!
Thanks!
This is the indoor antenna I recommend. It actually has a VHF element unlike all flat antennas: amzn.to/2uep9Am
If you want a great indoor antenna
I got the mohu pro 65 leaf
I live in a canyon I great crystal clear reception
It was recommended by antenna man
Any updates for 2023
what about when you have a long range antenna and have to turn it. I guess you have to manually put them in?
Yes that is a good time to use a manual input option or the converter box I mentioned in this video
Could you explain why channels go away with seasonal changes? I seem to lose stations in the winter. They come back in the late Spring. I have a rooftop mounted antenna. Thank you for the information you provide too.
It could be a number of things but likely just changes in atmospheric conditions that affect it. You are just barely getting the signal which is why they go away with the slight weather changes. You may need a larger antenna mounted higher up for better reception
Thanks, I have always avoided rescans because, as you said, a station under servicing or in my case off the air due to power failure will be lost from the TV. Another problem is it may bring in a duplicate channel from a different market. I live in a rural area Zip 88310 where the DTV stations seem to be of good quality but the analog are very poor. I was receiving CH 7 from 2 different markets which meant that my DVD would not record either. Since I am disabled and cannot mount either an outdoor or attic antenna and cannot find a reliable person to do it, I use the flat antennae you don't recommend with tin foil to amplify the signal. That 2nd market is supposed to be out of range except for outdoor antennae. Have you ever heard of anyone receiving duplicate signals form different markets?
I have mounted an antenna on my roof and it does an ok job, but there are times when I would like to adjust it. I didn't put it up there and I will not be able to make any adjustments easily. If I can get the big 4 networks, that should suffice. Since dumping cable I've been much more into streaming services and I also watch lots on YT using my tablet. Too many channels can result in coach potato syndrome.
Will I need a new antenna or a new TV in five years with ATSC 3.0?
You won't need a new antenna but will need a new set top box or TV set to pick up the new signals
@@AntennaMan Thank you!😊☮
Another Brilliant Video All The Best To You.
I hate running rescans for the reception issue you mentioned. Often it's a pain to get faint channels back.
One suggestion if someone is looking for a listed channel that they're not receiving: run a partial manual scan only for the channel or range of channels that aren't coming in. For instance, for me the channels 24.1 - 25.3 are hard to get when I've positioned the antenna best for all others. I run a manual channel search for that range only while slightly adjusting the antenna. It can take a few tries, but it keeps me from possibly losing channels I already receive.
I know what function you're talking about but unfortunately most TV sets only have the auto scan function.
@@AntennaMan one thing of the problem is if it only an analog Tv it won't pick up. It will scan but there are no analog siginals present. My TV has both a digital tuner and digital. I don't think the analog where ever they are not reaching that far. 😊
@@AntennaMan I had a new TV delivered yesterday. (Wish I could've waited until the ATSC 3.0 versions rolled out.) I checked, and turns out it only has automatic channel search. Damn. It's a much nicer TV than my old Vizeo and cost over twice as much. Yet it doesn't have manual search. 🙄
I want to know what I can do to get fox. I have an outdoor antenna 20 feet up in the air have a two panel antenna on facing west for abc nbc and cbs and one facing the exact direction of fox and pbs according to that web site fox tower and pbs is in the exact same line and pbs is 6 miles closer to me and that’s all I can get to come in.
You probably have to reposition the antenna or add a preamp.
Are the Fox and PBS stations broadcast in VHF? If so, you should make sure your antenna was manufactured for VHF reception.
When is the best time to do I rescan after you bought that new corner reflector antenna from my cable mart it has four reflectors two on the top and two on the bottom and three booms I'm sure big t will be trying this one out soon
I cut cable company and added a antenna and I multiple TV’s is it good idea to get pre amp or keep the splitter?
What if you see "SCRAMBLED"? What does the mean?
This means that the signal is very low and that your tuner cannot decode it correctly. I've seen some TV say that and it confuses some people into thinking it's on the broadcasting side. You may need a better antenna setup
@@AntennaMan Thank you.
If a lot of people are watching a certain channel at the same time does it weaken the signal?
No. If you have signal issues during certain times of the day it's likely due to atmospheric changes from barely getting the signal due to a lackluster setup.
Great video. Thanks for the tip.
I had a channel that went off the air and called the company by doing a google search they told me they were doing maintenance and just do a rescan they came back on the air in a few minutes.
I love your channel, great live stream last weekend. I'm in Western PA and ran a rescan this evening using the same ematic tuner that I see you use. Well, now for example on WTAE, under my all TV list it says 4-1 and then below it I have an additional 4-1 and it has a green skip square next to the stronger, closer transmitter (which is the one that is being skipped). Using the 4V antenna. Ugh! Any advice please? Thanks, Vince from PA
Not using a flat antenna is easy for you to say. I personally live in a senior apartments situation and it is 16 stories high, I live on the 8 th floor, my basic cable bill went to a hundred and ten dollars a month so I shut it off being that I live on a fixed income. I have no choice but to use a flat antenna hanging on a wall behind the TV . So, if you can recommend the best antenna for my situation, I'd appreciate it very much. Thank you.
Thanks for the heads up!
Another great video! Keep it up! I have noticed by watching your videos that the VHF low channels (2 thru 6) are not being used all too often in various markets. That would be 54 thru 88 MHz, with a small section 72 thru 76 MHz I used to use for my remote control race car. What do you think the FCC is going to do with all that unused spectrum? What can it be re-purposed for? The antennas required are too big for pocket sized devices. Then again, there used to be a paging company (before you time) that transmitted on 35 MHz. I can't remember the exact frequency, but I was up on the roof of the building it was installed on and it's antenna was a horizontal bar with wire wrapped around it. It was so powerful that it caused RFI on all the ham radio stuff we had up there. So I guess mini ferrite bar antennas for receive? LOL
Some people would like to have channels 5 and 6 to be repurposed for the FM band. The FCC has made it clear that they're not removing RF channels 2 to 6 from the VHF TV band. I personally wish the FCC hadn't removed 38 to 51 from the UHF TV band. Canada won't be eliminating those channels, and my understanding is that Mexico won't either. Mexico I believe must go digital next year.
In areas with limited expansion room, VHF 2-6 will be available to new broadcasters according to what I've read. If you purchase a new antenna, make sure it has VHF low band capability. You may need it down the road for new channels.
You mention a portable TV tuner/scanner in several videos that you use to help find the channels at the antenna. You model do you use? Thanks
This is the portable TV that I use: amzn.to/2QN2nYA
Let's go back to analog . FCC should demand all stations be ready for ATSC 3.0 in 5 years years.
agree for sure
No, I like the additional channels, and the ghost and snow-free pictures, also the increased picture resolution. I don't want to go back to model T Fords, either. My car rides smoother, goes faster and gets better gas mileage. Warmer inside, and cooler in summertime too.
Kimberly Espinoza agreed!!
I am at my whits end. My brother recently purchased a new TV. Everything was fine. Then about 2 weeks ago the signals were changed. He has a converter box and an outside antenna. He ran a scan and it shows he gets 60 channels. Then it goes back to blue screen and says "No Signal". We ran a re-scan and a double re-scan and still "No signal". The TV is set on AIR. There is no channel (3or4) on the converter box and he put new wire on the antenna. I have read and watched so many videos trying to figure it out but I am stumped. Could you give me any ideas about what we are doing wrong. Also, I forgot to tell you, it's an RCA 4K Ultra HD TV. I would appreciate any help.
Every time I have run a rescan I get like 10 blank channels, clearly ones I can't get yet don't understand why they are picked up during the rescan. Then I have to go into the settings and delete them.
Exactly! I never understood this either.
I hate when that happens . It happened the time before last, when did a rescan.
Tyler, how many years of OTA transmission? Suspect this may end in future.
I recently ran a rescan on my Sony Bravia TV says I have 100 stations but I don’t get pictures on channel 316, 1,10, 129, 157 one but yet I get sound and all the other channels I get picture and sound what am I doing wrong? I live in, Mount Holly,, NJ 08060 thanks John March 2024
Any channel listed above 69 is not from an antenna but rather an online channel that streams through the internet. If your TV isn't picking up any local channels from your antenna, you will need a better antenna setup. Consider an antenna recommendation from me at the link below. This can prevent you from spending hundreds of dollars and time wasted on setting up the wrong antenna for your area. antennamanpa.com/antenna-recommendations.html
I just got one of the Ematic converters recommended in the video and it works great as a DVR, but I gotta say.... the remote sucks..... too many functions and half the size it needs to be. Don't suppose there's an option out there?
Is mohu sky antenna good?,,i heard they sold the company too
I use Bell Satellite TV in Canada. Will it work in Arizona or is there a Satellite system I can purchase in USA that will allow me to watch Bell TV?
Hey Tyler, this video seemed like the best place to ask this question. I’m curious, do sub-channels have broadcast rights the same as the main channels? I remember on the rare occasions that my old crappy flat indoor antenna would work I would see the INSP channel. Now though with my Televes the same RF channel is MyTV . I looked it up and INSP isn’t listed in my area anymore so it’s not a it moved RF channels thing so I’m just curious.
Can’t wait to rescan for the atsc 3.0
What is the best indoor attenta to have
amzn.to/2H2QFDs
Excellent info Tyler.👍 Much aloha.🌈🌞😎🤙
Is kyw 3 in philly done with repack?
No they are still operating at reduced power at least until June or July. If you are having trouble picking them up I do service the area and can likely help you bring them back and using my portable tuner and signal meter. Visit my website at antennamanpa.com if interested. I've been very successful increasing the signal on stations in this area using my method.
Do you run a channel scan with rotor?
What about the time of day you scan or day
Thanks for telling me what a manual scan does.
Will the Ematic digital tuner work with a relatively new Toshiba Fire TV? Also, I'm having trouble finding the link for it that you mention. Thanks!
The link should be in the description but I attached it below: amzn.to/2OvRY1M
@@AntennaMan Thanks Tyler.... no problem with Fire TV? I see this is not in your Amazon store, guess I'll just look for cheapest on eBay then..... again thanks, I hit you up w/PayPal
Yes you can use this with FireTV
Need Chanel 21 scan not pick in channel dvtsir help
Sounds like you need a better antenna setup. Consider an antenna recommendation from me at the link below. This can prevent you from spending hundreds of dollars and time wasted on setting up the wrong antenna for your area. antennamanpa.com/antenna-recommendations.html
I do not see the link for the converter box.
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. It's attached below: amzn.to/2OvRY1M
Help Antenna Man, the stations that were still showing on my tv but said no signal. Well they completely disappeared. So stupid me did a channel tuning. Nothing just getting NBC 4 stations. Man I’m so angry as I watch allot of shows on CBS. Cable is just too expensive.
Can you run a channel scan on a new TV
You should as long as it has a built in TV tuner
Thank you buddy 👍
Will new channels come after the next FCC phase?
Depends on the area. Likely no
I have two channels that say audio only, why?
Strange how I lost all my local channels in my area but gained a bunch of Latin channels. What could be causing this?
How would I fare if I have a fire recast, would I have to do this as well? BTW, love your channel always amazing information.
Recast only has a channel scan option no manual input. Same basic rescan rule applies
@@AntennaMan Awesome, thanks for the great info as always. I learned so much
Good information
I get all my local channels except one. The other two get all of them. Please help
Consider an antenna recommendation from me at the link below. This can prevent you from spending hundreds of dollars and time wasted on setting up the wrong antenna for your area. antennamanpa.com/antenna-recommendations.html
Good video
When I rescan, my TV comes in crystal clear, I turn it off and back on and it's glitchy, Please Help...?
Sounds like you need a better antenna setup. Consider an antenna recommendation from me at the link below. This can prevent you from spending hundreds of dollars and time wasted on setting up the wrong antenna for your area. antennamanpa.com/antenna-recommendations.html
@@AntennaMan After watching a lot of your videos; I have a Broadcast tower East, and one North of me so I went with the DB8e multidirectional antenna, I also added the VHF antenna from Antennas Direct. I have two TV's, #1 TV is flawless, signal strength shows max. TV #2; when I rescan, it is also flawless but as soon as I turn it off and turn it back on, it has some pixilation that doesn't go away unless I rescan again and don't turn off the TV. Please let me know if this is something you can help me with, I will be happy to sign up with you.
Can you harm your tuner with endless rescans ?
No, that shouldn't be a problem. However, if you keep running channel scans because channels come and go the issue is probably your antenna. Consider an antenna recommendation from me at the link below. This can prevent you from spending hundreds of dollars and time wasted on setting up the wrong antenna for your area. antennamanpa.com/antenna-recommendations.html
My scanner worked fine..then this morning it scans but pics up nothing..no channels..all is hooked up and working...why ?????
Double check the cable and make sure it's connected tight both on the TV and the antenna. If not, you may need a better antenna setup. Consider an antenna recommendation from me at the link below. This can prevent you from spending hundreds of dollars and time wasted on setting up the wrong antenna for your area. antennamanpa.com/antenna-recommendations.html
Thanks
There’s No signal 36-3 Antenna (name of the channel-Antenna) says No Signal. Is it gone? Anybody out there? 2-years later (post) it’s the channel Silver spoons comes on during the weekend.
Good advice.Do not run a rescan,when you are not getting all the channels.You will lose them.I did it.
So to summarize.; scanning does not improve reception.
The object of scanning is to identify as many channels as your system's can receive for your location.
This is best conducted when all conditions are optimal for reception.
Once a channel is listed in your TV, additional scans during poor reception conditions can only make matters worse.
I'm not sure why this happens but I get a certain channel at 11PM and then it's gone around 5AM.
I get these loud electronic thumping noise from my tv, thinking it was the tv. Upon moving my antenna to various spots, all is fine. I noticed that tv channels I don't like nor watch are absolutely free of that annoying thumping. Old rerun shows, shop at home channels, game shows, Everytime have no problems ( as to search for no thumping channels). I wonder why all the channels I hate are so trouble free. Every channel I like, that annoying sound. Picture is great, the sound is horrible on those channels. To get that cleared, gotta keep trying different places to put the antenna. And leaving it in a good spot does not stay good. That mystifies me.
I scanned my TV and got a lot of channels. I think they were cable channels.
You don’t have to do a complete rescan if you have the option to “add digital channels” on your OTA device or TV.
no manual scan support + atsc 1.0 signal = lots of arm aches
Tell me about it. Thankfully there are a few DTV boxes that allow it.
Too much to do about nothing, running rescans isn't going to break anything so run as many as you want, you pretty much have to run night & day as day reception is so much weaker than night & you can sometimes get twice as many channels in those early AM hours. Personality I don't want to surf through all those dead channels during the day so scan again during the day. Also when atmospheric conditions shift or when I rotate the antenna via rotor.
It isn't going to fix a bad antenna scenario but it doesn't end the world if you temporally lose a fringe channel.
Good
You should get your ham lic
its damn bullshit cant get Ace Tv now wont come back has some good shows on at night like silk stalkings and one fighting championship ufc lol 😂
Buffalo is almost done it will do one more Repack March 13
Mine finished the rescans on June 30th. WITN upped their ERP, WTVD changed to VHF 9, and some LPTV stations changed dials as well.
I never re-scan! I always do it manually.