[C320-list] TV antenna recommendations?

[Jerry Brown]

Or make sure you buy a TV with an ATSC tuner built in rather than an NTSC 
tuner.  The ATSC tuner is digital ready without a converter

Regards

Jerry Brown
1137 Indigo
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Seastream" <robert.seastream at comcast.net>
To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] TV antenna recommendations?


> Don't forget about the 02-17-09 conversion to DTV.  Since you said  you're 
> interested in over the air broadcasts only, you'll need a  'converter box'
> between the antenna and TV, or you'll see only snow.
>
> Bob Seastream
> Intuition # 906
>
> On Jan 17, 2009, at 9:51 AM, Larry Frank wrote:
>
>> Kevin,
>>
>> Great question and timely too.
>>
>> The boat in the slip right next to mine has a SeaWatch 2020G and it 
>> seems to
>> work great.  He has it mounted on a short post off the stern rail  and it 
>> is
>> only about 10 feet above the water if that much.
>>
>> I am planning on using the same antenna.
>>
>> I just found it available from Defender at 109 and no sales tax.  WM  is 
>> 149
>> plus tax.  Shipping will eat into the savings a bit but the Defender 
>> price
>> looks attractive.
>>
>> I don't know if the online reviews are dependable.  My opinion is  that 
>> when
>> people are dissatisfied the trend is to write reviews and the vast 
>> majority
>> could be satisfied and you never hear from them.  With something  like 
>> this
>> you never really know what the problem is because there are other  issues
>> like the signal strength, integrity of the antenna cable especially if
>> homemade, and the TV itself.
>>
>> Larry
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
>> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of
>> onedrop7 at yahoo.com
>> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 2:42 PM
>> To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
>> Subject: [C320-list] TV antenna recommendations?
>>
>> Since I'm in question-asking mode, maybe some of you kind folks can  help 
>> me
>> out with this, too?
>>
>> Can you recommend a good marine TV antenna? Over-air only (not 
>> satellite),
>> and it will need to work with the new digital signal that is  mandated to
>> begin next month.
>>
>> If you know any to steer clear of that would be helpful, too. A  marine 
>> tech
>> recently recommended the Seawatch 2025, but it has awful reviews at
>> westmarine.com. Anyone have a good experience with it?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Kevin
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