Try turning the antenna and re-scanning in 45 degree increments. Old school but that’s what worked for me.
Don’t know exactly where you’re at but if you’re around the junction of I85 and I40 according to the FCC you should be able to pick about 7 channels.
Here’s their web site, just plug in your zip code:
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/engineering/maps/
I mean if you can’t trust a government agency to give you straight information.... Never mind.
I’m northwest of there, closest to the intersection of NC 68 and NC 150.
Prior to the original switch, I could pick up 13 channels well enough to bother, and eight clearly. Prior to yesterday, that was down to 10 at least marginal, and five clearly. Today, it’s just one, clear as a bell, playing the announcement over and over.
Haven’t connected the converter box yet, but will keep your advice in mind when I do. As I mentioned, I’m getting some strange thrill out of watching it fade into oblivion.
I get different stations depending on where I put my antenna (a small indoor RCA unit with AMP).
So I used the “scan add” feature over a couple times where it keeps the channels it found and adds any new ones to the inventory, so now it says I have 30.
But I can never pick all of them up without moving the antenna. And sadly, some of my fairly local network stations barely come in at all before they start to break up.
But the Spanish language cooking channel on 47.2 comes in great!
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