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PrintableCarrieMpls said: It sounds like you were(are?) getting basic cable for free... like you're not paying for it, but it's being sent to your apartment. Otherwise hooking a cable up to the hook-up in your apartment wouldn't give you reception. You should need rabbit ears for that.
But the stations I was getting aren't cable stations; they are public stations in NYC. I tried rabbit ears, too -- hooking them up to the TV, the converter. Nothing. But if it was basic cable, then shouldn't I still be getting reception? I thought if you had cable you didn't need to do anything... I am trying to look on the bright side...maybe I will catch up on some reading this week. 
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DevotedPuppy said: CarrieMpls said: It sounds like you were(are?) getting basic cable for free... like you're not paying for it, but it's being sent to your apartment. Otherwise hooking a cable up to the hook-up in your apartment wouldn't give you reception. You should need rabbit ears for that.
But the stations I was getting aren't cable stations; they are public stations in NYC. I tried rabbit ears, too -- hooking them up to the TV, the converter. Nothing. But if it was basic cable, then shouldn't I still be getting reception? I thought if you had cable you didn't need to do anything... I am trying to look on the bright side...maybe I will catch up on some reading this week.
. [Edited 6/15/09 10:58am] As far as I know NY1 and The Food Network are cable channels only. Analog TV in NYC would only give you reception for CBS (channel 2), NBC (4), FOX (5), ABC (7), WWOR (9), CW (11), PBS (13) and a few odd UHF channels like WLIW (21) and WLNY (55). If you got any channels beyond those previously then you had some kind of cable hookup. | |
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sextonseven said: As far as I know NY1 and The Food Network are cable channels only. Analog TV in NYC would only give you reception for CBS (channel 2), NBC (4), FOX (5), ABC (7), WWOR (9), CW (11), PBS (13) and a few odd UHF channels like WLIW (21) and WLNY (55). If you got any channels beyond those previously then you had some kind of cable hookup. The only stations I got beyond the ones you listed (and I got all of those) were 14 (Food Network) and 10 (NY1). I got some Spanish channels like 8 and 12, but I don't know that those were cable...I never watched them porque no hablo español bien. I don't know about 21 or 55 -- I never checked. But if I was getting cable, shouldn't the reception still be working? I ran into a neighbor in the hall and asked her if she was still getting reception. She said she had cable and that she was. | |
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DevotedPuppy said: sextonseven said: As far as I know NY1 and The Food Network are cable channels only. Analog TV in NYC would only give you reception for CBS (channel 2), NBC (4), FOX (5), ABC (7), WWOR (9), CW (11), PBS (13) and a few odd UHF channels like WLIW (21) and WLNY (55). If you got any channels beyond those previously then you had some kind of cable hookup. The only stations I got beyond the ones you listed (and I got all of those) were 14 (Food Network) and 10 (NY1). I got some Spanish channels like 8 and 12, but I don't know that those were cable...I never watched them porque no hablo español bien. I don't know about 21 or 55 -- I never checked. But if I was getting cable, shouldn't the reception still be working? I ran into a neighbor in the hall and asked her if she was still getting reception. She said she had cable and that she was. I don't know what to tell you.  Only that NY1 and The Food Network are NOT supposed to be viewable on channels 10 and 14 respectively using only an antenna. | |
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sextonseven said: DevotedPuppy said:
sextonseven said:
As far as I know NY1 and The Food Network are cable channels only. Analog TV in NYC would only give you reception for CBS (channel 2), NBC (4), FOX (5), ABC (7), WWOR (9), CW (11), PBS (13) and a few odd UHF channels like WLIW (21) and WLNY (55). If you got any channels beyond those previously then you had some kind of cable hookup. The only stations I got beyond the ones you listed (and I got all of those) were 14 (Food Network) and 10 (NY1). I got some Spanish channels like 8 and 12, but I don't know that those were cable...I never watched them porque no hablo español bien. I don't know about 21 or 55 -- I never checked. But if I was getting cable, shouldn't the reception still be working? I ran into a neighbor in the hall and asked her if she was still getting reception. She said she had cable and that she was. I don't know what to tell you. Only that NY1 and The Food Network are NOT supposed to be viewable on channels 10 and 14 respectively using only an antenna.Food Network is definitely supposed to be a cable channel, so theoretically he shouldn't have been able to receive it over the air. However, his apartment could have been near the main satellite transmitter for Food Network (I believe they're headquartered in New York City), so the rooftop antenna may have been able to pick up their satellite signal. BTW, it is possible to pick up random satellite signals, but you won't pick them up using a DirecTV or Dish Network satellite dish; they're only set to receive a certain bandwidth which they both control. You need one of those old school massive satellite dishes that take up the space of a tool shed in order to pick up random signals. You also need some knowledge on where to point the transponder in order to receive those signals.  | |
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Shorty said: Dayclear said:  I'm very skeptical about this, what if Osama Bin Laden sends us a message thru there or something.  well, I'm not so scared about that but something is up for this to be such a high priority on the govt's lists of things to do. I don't know how much longer I can hold out, I miss hearing Maury Povich saying "Darnell, you are NOT the father". yeaaaaa. | |
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