[SBE] Ready to turn analog back on?

[Bob Reite]

I just got my converter box coupon so I went to Circuit City and picked 
up a Zenith DTT-900 CECB.  Although in theory I'm line of sight to the 
  TV transmitting antennas, I'm in a notch with hills on either side, so 
there is a fair amount of multipath. Analog signals are watchable, but 
not good.  In our market (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre), all of the analog TV 
stations are on UHF, except for a low power Catholic station on channel 7.

The box worked well, except for the two digital stations (the NBC and 
CBS affiliates) that are on VHF channels 11 and 13 and the ABC affiliate 
on channel 49. I made a VHF dipole cut for channel 12, which worked well 
enough to get the converter to operate on these two stations. This may 
turn out to be a major issue in our market, since most people that are 
receiving their TV over the air only have UHF antennas.

I aimed the UHF antenna for the best results on the ABC affiliate 
(WNEP), and it's usable now, but still with some audio dropout.  Until 
the tower collapsed, WNEP had the best analog signal in the market, 
their digital signal seems to be the worst.