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Basically I am interested in going to some sort of tv show taping while I'm over in July. There just seems to be so many websites to use that I was wondering if people here had any advice of which shows might be best, or what sites might be best to apply for tickets?
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I'm glad that you're looking up previous discussions because most questions have been asked many times before. When you do a search on Trip Advisor, however, the search engine attempts to find the 'most relevant' matches (not sure what they do to accomplish that) but, often older matches appear at the top of the list. If you look just above the top of the list and close to the right side of the page, you'll see a small 'drop down' menu that's labeled "sort by" and is showing the word "relevance'. If you click on it and change it to 'date' and then click GO, the list of matches will be re-sorted in date order (most recent date will be first).
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Hopskipjump! Thank you so much for that!! I was wondering what was going on because I knew it would have been asked a million times and I figured more recently than 2007!!
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I installed a Radio Shack 15-2160 yagi with one of their 30dB mast-mounted pre-amps. I used a Winegard DS-3000 J-pipe mount that's securely bolted to the fascia on the eave of my roof line. This mount is nearly identical to the mounts that come standard with Dish Network SATV dishes, except the pipe is longer and can be cut to length. I found this mount online at dishplace.com. Starkelectronics.com sells them for less, but was out of stock.
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I've had mixed results with DTV reception... KABC, KNBC, KTLA(WB) are consistently in the high 70s to high 80s. KCET(PBS) is usually in the low to mid 60s and exhibits occasional dropouts. KCOP(UPN) is often 55 to 65 and also exhibits some dropouts. Most of the time, I can't receive KCBS or KTTV(FOX) at all. I've never received a KCAL9 (local independent) DTV broadcast, but I haven't performed automatic DTV searches since the antenna installation, either. Numerous Hispanic stations have strong DTV signal levels, but these don't interest me. There is some variation in signal consitions, as would be expected.
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I'm not confident that my antenna orientation is optumum, either. For work, I occasionally rent a spectrum analyzer. Sure wish I had one now to help with antenna orientation! Or, that Telemann HiPix HTPC card that can show concurrent receive signal levels for all DTV stations!!
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2. I used the u-bolt clamp that comes with the Shadio Rack Yagi, and it was a tight fit over the Winegard mast. This presented some problems. I used a compass to initially aim the antenna boom, then noticed that the azimuth would change when tightening the two u-bolt nuts! Tighten the rear-facing nut, and the antenna boom would turn to the left. Tighten the front nut, and the boom would move right! This was not a minor effect. I had to keep checking azimuth with the compass, and carefully alternate tightening. Even then it was not an exact, known azimuth adjustment.
