We didn’t watch any baseball on TV yesterday, because it was not on channels that we have. But the channel(s) used were not on “free” TV. Fox will have some games on their non-pay TV. But, when digital TV came in we lost our FOX station (Channel 13).
Now some may think that losing FOX is not such a bad thing, and until football started and the baseball playoffs threatened, I don’t recall saying, “Darn, I can’t watch that show because it is on FOX.”
Tuesday evening was spent trying to create a better antenna than those sold at Radio Shack (at least the one’s we purchased) so we could bring in the always weak signal of FOX. My try at the creation was thanks to my cousin’s husband’s nephew’s blog site. It was an interesting bit of work, but I got something put together and connected it to one of the TVs. It kept a signal from the stations we had right away (acutally it got a signal as soon as I connected the coaxial cable to the box). After it was all connected I tried to update the channel scan. Hum-de-dum, hum-de-dum. Check the channels. No 13, but here is a 22.2 – and it says FOX 13. Hmmmmm. That late at night it is hard to tell if this is a major channel based on the shows.
But we had 22 before… Check one of the other TVs. 22, but no 22.2. Hmmmm. Update scan with the existing antenna – and there it is – 22.2. Run upstairs and get not only 22.2 and 51. 51 is spanish language but very pixelated, so not sure it will actually every be used.
What did I learn? Just updating the scan after the big switch was not enough. It needed to be repeated. Building the new antenna was not required (but a fun exercise). Now I have to decide if the new antenna is better than the store-bought.
Eventually there will be a game on FOX, and we will be watching. Unless we are doing something else.
Last night was a late night at work. Meeting that went until about 9 PM. Got to sleep in a bit this morning because I have a Dr appointment (well check stuff). Time to scoot out of this chair.
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