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To: RightGeek

Wait’ll they find out about the big outdoor antennas with motorized rotators for optimizing reception. It’s like something backwards-engineered at Area 51, I tell ya...


20 posted on 08/03/2017 5:28:24 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: Charles Martel

And from my perspective, we are the one’s who went backwards when the swindlers conned everyone into paying for something that was previously free and even paying them now to watch commercials which they’ve already been paid for.

It’s one of the biggest con jobs ever.


28 posted on 08/03/2017 5:34:38 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Charles Martel

And from my perspective, we are the one’s who went backwards when the swindlers conned everyone into paying for something that was previously free and even paying them now to watch commercials which they’ve already been paid for.

It’s one of the biggest con jobs ever.


29 posted on 08/03/2017 5:34:38 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Charles Martel
This was my favorite antenna back in the days. Ice storm took it down and nothing we replaced it with worked nearly as well.

Champion 325-2

36 posted on 08/03/2017 5:38:53 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Charles Martel

We just took one of those down off our roof a week ago. Had it on craigs list for a week, breaking it up for the trash now.


48 posted on 08/03/2017 5:50:31 PM PDT by MomwithHope (Law and Order and that includes Natural.)
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Sorry

Radio Shack went bust.

And before you ask:

No

You can’t go there and test your vacuum tubes.


63 posted on 08/03/2017 6:10:52 PM PDT by NY.SS-Bar9 (Those that vote for a living outnumber those that work for one.)
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To: Charles Martel

Former owners of our home had one like that, wish we had not moved it. We still have the tower. If only I could figure out how to get the antenna channels from the tower to current TV’s. We get awful reception.


65 posted on 08/03/2017 6:14:26 PM PDT by madison10
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To: Charles Martel

I remember the one growing up in the 80s.

IIRC, it went away in 93 or 94 when they got a dish.


72 posted on 08/03/2017 6:28:18 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: Charles Martel
Wait’ll they find out about the big outdoor antennas with motorized rotators for optimizing reception.

I bought one off eBay new for $28. Works great, except I don't know which way the antenna is pointing unless I go outside and look at it above my roof. It's a simple box which attaches to the TV and the antenna via RF cable, the remote control uses InfraRed to direct the box to rotate the antenna CCW or CW. My neighbors laughed, asking why not just pay for Cable. Because I can, and it's free off the air. But I don't get all the channels I want, but good for switching to local news and shows, cartoons for the grandkids without worrying about bandwidth use.

108 posted on 08/03/2017 9:40:55 PM PDT by roadcat
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