OTA (Over-The-Airwaves) TV ReScan Bonanza

[bigwheelzip]

After being in NY for a while, we got back home to SC and our TV channel for CBS was just static, so we rescanned the airwaves.

WOW, I don't know what happened, but we got 18 new channels, and some of the ones that were a bit fuzzy are now clear. The missing CBS channel moved to a different part of the spectrum and looks better. We receive 50 clear channels now, and would probably have more but Paris Mountain blocks our sightline toward Charlotte to the east.

Any of you Cable-Cutters out there with OTA antennas, rescan once in a while. You might be surprised what is out there.

 

[kenv1950]

glad you clarafied OTA

I'm old and have to google terms used here, your the only one that gave a definition .. Thanks
Definition
OTA
Office of Technology Assessment
OTA
Occupational Therapy Assistant
OTA
Over-The-Air
OTA
Optical Tube Assembly (telescopes)
OTA
Office of Technical Assistance
OTA
Open to All
OTA
Operational Transconductance Amplifier
OTA
One Touch Access (Nokia)
OTA
OpenTravel Alliance
OTA
Online Travel Agent
OTA
Offseason Training Activities (US Football)
OTA
Optical Telescope Assembly
OTA
Office of Tax Analysis
OTA
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (Oklahoma City, OK)
OTA
Online Trust Alliance (Bellevue, WA)
OTA
Operational Test Agency
OTA
Out of the Air (pricing methodology)
OTA
Office of the Administrator
OTA
Ontario Tennis Association
OTA
Orchard Training Area
OTA
Officer's Training Academy (India)
OTA
Ordered to Appear (legal courts)
OTA
On-Time Arrival
OTA
Oklahoma Technology Administrators
OTA
Ontario Telecommunications Association
OTA
Open to Air (wound dressing)
OTA
Older Than Average (student)
OTA
Operational Transconductor Amplifier
OTA
Operational Test Authority
OTA
Oracle Transport Agent
OTA
Ocean Systems Technician Analyst
OTA
Office of Territorial Affairs
OTA
Other Transactional Authority
OTA
Other Transactional Agreement
OTA
Oregon Telephone Association
OTA
Oracle Training Administrator/Administration
OTA
Obligatory Thug Attack (gaming)
OTA
Oil Technology Association
OTA
Officer Training Allowance
OTA
Ordnance Transmission Assembly
OTA
Optical Transition Amplitude
OTA
Orascom Telecom Algerie (est; 1998; various locations)
OTA
Organic Trade Association
OTA
Orthopaedic Trauma Association
OTA
Oxford Text Archive (UK)
OTA
Organized Team Activity
OTA
Original Total Annihilation
OTA
Orthodontic Technicians Association (UK)
OTA
Over-The-Air Management
OTA
Optical Trapping Applications

 

[SOS24]

I'm not really a cable cutter, because the only times I have had cable was when it was included in the rent and occasionally getting a month of Sling to watch March Madness or the like.

I do know what you mean as far as rescans of the OTA box. I rescan every few months and frequently gain 1-2 new channels.

 

[carpriver]

we get zero over the air television, to much iron in the hills around us. We live in Iron Mountain/Kingsford MI.

 

[JayCeeNC]

I get different levels of reception at different times of the year. Might be due to tree foliage variations, I'm not sure.
Anyway, I do rescan every few months.

 

[LVSteve]

I get different levels of reception at different times of the year. Might be due to tree foliage variations, I'm not sure.
Anyway, I do rescan every few months.

Your coaxial cable may have become exposed and the signal will vary depending on how much water is in the dielectric.

If all the stations you receive are in the UHF band, then foliage could make a difference, and that's why it is important to get your antenna s high and clear as possible. VHF hi-band and especially VHF-lo usually cut though vegetation with no difficulty.

 

[JayCeeNC]

Your coaxial cable may have become exposed and the signal will vary depending on how much water is in the dielectric.
If all the stations you receive are in the UHF band, then foliage could make a difference, and that's why it is important to get your antenna s high and clear as possible.

Thanks for the comments.
Antenna is attic mounted inside; only UHF available in our area.

 

[johngalt]

No reception here

 

[misswired]

My outdoor OTA system....the rotor and booster seal the deal...
Picks up so many channels the repetitive ones have to be deleted.

 

[mtgianni]

I live under the hill and get one PBS station kind of fuzzy. We also get 45+ mph winds so I am not really excited about putting up a 50' tall antenna.