UHF antenna direction

Introduction

T he function of this Guide is always to supply information for increasing UHF television reception in the house. The set up methods under were proven with this customer's installations within the last ten years. If followed, you should have a high quality installation that will deliver good TV reception for many years. If you encounter any issues with your television antenna installation and need technical support, feel free to contact us and would be pleased to help you.

Ben Stallions,
Stallions Satellite and Antenna

Record and Future of UHF TV

Before tv first began, the Federal Communications Commission allocated twelve networks for tv broadcasting. These stations, 2 through 13, have been in the "very high-frequency" or VHF band. (Originally Channel 1 was also included, but ended up being quickly reassigned to other purposes.)

The great growth in television broadcasting after World War II caused it to be apparent that 12 channels weren't sufficient. Therefore in 1952, the FCC allocated 70 additional channels above the VHF television band and called all of them "ultra high frequency" and/or UHF musical organization. We were holding networks 14 through 83. Then during the early 1980's, networks 70-83 were reassigned and became mobile telephone frequencies.

In 2009, channels 52 through 69 may be reassigned to utilizes besides television broadcasting, as a result of the rapid development in transportable interaction solutions. The UHF musical organization will likely not drop 18 TV channels though. These TV stations will likely be included in to the brand new hd tv (H.D.T.V.) broadcasting standard, which could broadcast up to six electronic channels in the same room as you analog channel. Making use of hd tv, television channels should be able to broadcast a picture quality this is certainly doubly sharp since the analog broadcasts of history. Digital broadcasting will enable adjacent channel spacing of television networks without producing disturbance between your two stations, making the broadcasting spectrum better. To see what TV channels locally are currently broadcasting a digital signal, follow this link.

UHF Reception

UHF signals, as a result of physics of radio-frequency transmission, are inherently less efficient in transformation of radio waves towards electrical indicators employed by the television receiver, as they are at the mercy of more losings from some environmental circumstances than VHF signals. Great UHF TV reception for that reason calls for...

Television signals are strongest when the TV place's broadcasting antenna as well as the residence getting antenna have been in line-of-sight. If the line-of-sight is blocked or damaged by mountains, buildings or trees, the signal, also are going to be damaged or lost. The sign will even get weaker because travels farther from broadcast antenna.