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The FCC Repack: How it Affects Free OTA TV Viewers

by Antenna Man

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Published 2 Jul 2019

This video explains the FCC Repack/Incentive Auction and changes to free OTA TV stations nationwide. Many TV stations are either going off the air to channel share with a different TV station or moving frequencies. You can find a list of TV stations that are moving in your area on tvanswers.org For an antenna recommendation visit my website: https://www.antennamanpa.com/index.html Click below for a list of recommended antennas and accessories: https://www.amazon.com/shop/antennaman Considering a Channel Master antenna? Use my affiliate link below: https://www.channelmaster.com/?rfsn=6279509.d2c216 🔌 Did my videos help you cut the cord? If so, consider a PayPal contribution, Patreon, or a Channel Membership: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=8L5UBJ7JX86PG https://www.patreon.com/AntennaMan Sign up to my e-mail list: https://bit.ly/2whSoTI Like my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AntennaManPA/ E-mail brief general questions or sponsorship inquires to theantennamanpa@gmail.com - before sending an e-mail consider a custom antenna recommendation below if you are looking for help with an antenna setup. https://www.antennamanpa.com/antenna-recommendations.html

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@AntennaMan4 years ago Do you have reception problems? Sign up for an antenna recommendation from me below.
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@bobross68025 years ago As a retired tv tech i appreciate your knowledgeable explanation of antenna theory and anomalies. Well done! 11
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@sharonan15 years ago As someone who worked in broadcasting (radio/tv) in the analog days, who still has their fcc radiophone license, and who went on to work in the digital . ...Expand 11
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@abrundag5 years ago Thanks for putting this video up just in time bud! Last friday night my favorite local station (the one that carries all the star trek shows) all of a . ...Expand 5
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@indyfanmax5 years ago Thank you antenna man for keeping us ota and cord cutters " in the loop" about tv broadcastings. You are a great presenter of the subject and are very helpful to us all! Keep up the great content! 1
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@johnreitmeyer57305 years ago Just finished installing an antenna for my dad. Ditched dish and saving $91 monthly fee. Thanks for all the information and reviews. 3
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@Nyth635 years ago The fcc deallocated channels 70-83 in 1981. This was long before cell phones. My understanding was afc in those higher frequencies was rather difficult with the analog tech at the time. 9
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@jhpvids5 years ago Good information tyler. Continue to rescan your tv at all times. 11
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@bobclarie5 years ago Thanks tyler, another great production with timely content. Bob. 11
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@ChrisJones-fn6tw5 years ago First time i' ve seen this channel, really appreciate the presentation style. 2
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@dannyl25985 years ago Thanks for the tutorial tyler. I deal with this issues as a contractor and you cut through the clutter and provide the information people really need. Keep up the good work.
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@howardkerr81745 years ago Excellent video, very informative. I watch several different types of youtube videos and you are never boring. 2
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@makeminefreedom5 years ago Good to know we won' t be losing any channels. Thanks for explaining it. 1
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@chifan75 years ago Thank you so much. Another informative video. Where i live in upstate south carolina i get wyff, an nbc station. They have just now started running a promo . ...Expand 1
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@julieross5465 years ago I really like your channel, your a straight shooter. I have learned a lot watching. 2
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@josephthibeault48435 years ago Good to hear some one with real understanding of real broadcast signals. 1
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@CLP21025 years ago Thanks antenna guy, these videos are most helpful. 29
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@rs232killer5 years ago If they dropped a few of the 6 shopping channels around here (or all of them) i wouldn' t be disappointed. 4
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@frankroberts35965 years ago Your posting was very informative and answers a lot of the questions i had about the reboot of whatever it is thanks for posting. 1
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@thebeststooge5 years ago Great the stations will compress even more so it looks worse than mpeg1. 19
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@travisbommer34505 years ago Thank you for posting this. I had no idea that they were doing this. I lost several channels in the pittsburgh area over the last year or so. I just rescanned and got them all back, plus a few extra channels.
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@ethelryan2575 years ago You do a really great job of explaining complex matters simply. 8
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@stevejohnson13215 years ago One other important factor: ages ago uhf channels were typically spaced at least six-apart from one another. That' s because some tube equipment gave . ...Expand 1
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@iworkout69125 years ago As a cord cutter, i bought a small winegard antenna and a signal boaster, actually 2 if them, one at the antenna and another inside the house. I have a . ...Expand
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@ultrapureblood13115 years ago I cut pay tv years ago, don' t miss it and will not pay for tv ever again. 56
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@wrightmf5 years ago Thanks for another excellent production, clear concise. I remember back prior to first repack and transition to dtv where a main " selling point" few months ago i saw an spectrum monitor article about the new atsc 3. 0 to take effect next year. Author began with companies mention atsc 3. 0 will enhance your viewer experience like they mention cookies will enhance your web browsing experience. And if you are suspicious you have every right to be because they simply want to collect data and later sell it to advertisers. And once they go atsc 3. 0, your current dtv will need a converter box.
ie broadcast technology society magazine has lots of articles of atsc 3. 0, there was so many changes that they skipped atsc 2. 0. However their issue covering nab show said no atsc 3. 0 tv sets were available (or none were displayed)
other than that, excellent tutorials you have. Much of it i already know but also a good review. And also you clear up stuff like " there is no such thing as a hd antenna. " i kept seeing those ads and thinking rf is rf and a antenna is an antenna. Or am i missing something. No, as you said, simply a gimmick by marketing people. ...Expand 1
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@tech455 years ago It is very cool to see somebody so young, this knowledgeable about tv antennas and ota reception! Thanks for the vlogs: 3
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@dannyr.83265 years ago You are high speed. Excellent content, i just wish you were in nw ct. This is the thing of the future. If you don' t retire at 45 it' s because you . ...Expand
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@pf56585 years ago So thats the reason ive been getting all those notices scrolling across my screen about frequency changes on the 1st august. Now i know why. Thank you.
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@oshi89945 years ago I no longer have cable / satellite tv. Don' t miss it and saved a lot of money. 5
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@nick_vee5 years ago This would explain why, after i cut the cord from fios tv after 3 years, i rescanned in the philly market and found several channels gone. Njn 23, wybe . ...Expand 3
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@Jerry-Parker5 years ago Excellent video!
great information!
thanks for sharing!
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@focus2004able5 years ago Here in australia, analogue tv was broadcast on vhf channels 0 to 11, and uhf on channels 28 to 69, the acma started auctioning off the 700 & 800 mhz . ...Expand
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@georgef5515 years ago You missed the firstwhen in the 50s, channel 1 was removed for ems radio transmissions to have a place in the spectrum. 1
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@michaelsavich93485 years ago Had to rescan to get one of my channels only to find out after watching this video that it required it because of the recent repack. Mi) was repacked on 6/21/2019 phase 3. I see that the rest of my channels will be repacked 3/13/2020 phase 8. Keep up the great videos. Not sure why people are giving thumbs down to this video, but thumbs up for me. Maybe because you' re a nittany lion, lol. ...Expand 1
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@CPLANAS19855 years ago I still believe analog was better only because it was far more accessible with even the cheapest made antennas. 7
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@JOHNWLOUCKS5 years ago I have always had ota tv. I live in poughkeepsie and get almost all of the albany stations in hd and digital. I have an old large winegard mast antenna . ...Expand
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@Bob35195 years ago Well produced video. Interesting content. Thank you.
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@hdgboy5 years ago Big brother. Instead of protecting us, government sides with big business. I gave up pay tv 13 years ago. Now when i want to set up an outdoor antenna . ...Expand 2
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@MrKoladge5 years ago Nice to know. Looking forward to what' s up with dell. 1
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@ronedwards82395 years ago Thanks for the info. I checked the schedule in my area on the fccs website. I was worried some may change to low vhf. Thats not the case. The winegard 769 . ...Expand
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@davechism86985 years ago Per your comment about dell: i' ve purchased several dell computers but never again because i don' t trust them. After i paid them all off they turned . ...Expand 1
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@FAMUCHOLLY5 years ago Thanks tyler. I live in the big bend of the panhandle of florida and after hurricane michael one of my favorite panama city stations went off the air. . ...Expand 3
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@RobbieStrike5 years ago Good informative video tyler, a lot of ota channels in canada are the channel they use to be in the analog days as there is so few brodcast channels here . ...Expand 1
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@craigwwerner5 years ago Great local info tyler. Going up into the attic to adjust my low vhf antenna and see if i can somehow pull in metv. Hopefully if maranta broadcasting gets . ...Expand
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@303nitzubishi45 years ago Thanks for getting into some of the politics behind the restructuring of channels. Could be beneficial in that antenna manufacturers may be able to build better antennas tuned to a narrower bandwidth. Any thoughts on this? 12
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@stan.rarick85565 years ago Very disappointed with the digital transition. Used to be able to get several channels, now i only get one. Sometimes-poor reception went to none. Local . ...Expand 47
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@writerpatrick5 years ago The same thing happened to ham radio. The bandwidth that operators could use diminished. I can' t say what it' s like today, especially with ham i remember under the old system that there were a lot of empty channels. The danger of this new system is that it makes it nearly impossible for a new broadcast channel to start up and cuts back on room for diginets. ...Expand 10
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@genesky615 years ago Yes a very good over view of the broadcast tv situations.
atsc = advanced television system committee.
the digital transmission standard atsc 3. 0 is coming, this standard will use a transmission method as a simple explanation know as ofdm.
what this will mean that the public will see right away is vastly improved stability of digital broadcast tv reception.
atsc 3. 0 does a lot more and i mean a lot more.
you can read about atsc 3. 0 on the internet. ...Expand 4
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@mikenaughton42985 years ago Thanks for your very clear videos. Well done.
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@aramb5 years ago A repack just happened in the boston area on 8/2. Missing hd channels on the pbs affiliate, and bad coverage on some others. Public interest much? 2
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@teacfan10805 years ago I finally got rid of cable almost 2 years ago. At first i wondered if it was worth it. Well, it has been worth it, don' t miss anything on it at all! . ...Expand 3
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@adrianchong27545 years ago Thanks for the information. A while ago my tv ch9 (actual ch40) stopped. My phone/internet company offered me to include tv at a discount price. Since i was using an old dx indoor antenna tuned to the uhf channels. After a lot of fiddling lengthing the side bits then raising the antenna to miss the metal window frame i got ch9 back. ...Expand 1
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@torg05 years ago Cant' t wait for the video on dell! 1
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@josephklapatch95765 years ago Interesting video and great explanation.
i live outside of atlantic city and have an antenna in my attic. I receive everything from philadelphia except 2, 6, and 12.
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@timf69165 years ago Great information, keep up the good work.
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@esqueue5 years ago Youtube did well with this suggestion. I don' t watch ota tv but my mother does and keeps calling me to walk her through reprograming her tv.
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@12053mike5 years ago Thank you. I had no idea this was happening!
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@claymcnerney10595 years ago Tyler, in southwest pa, in the pittsburgh area, wqed repack moved to low vhf channel 4. I have a channel master cm 5020 antenna with a channel master cm77 . ...Expand
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@Eman-xu4fz5 years ago Thank you thank you very much for that great breakdown report.
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@JohnAudioTech5 years ago All channels in my market are uhf and are moving to another uhf channel. Now with an even smaller range of frequencies to cover, uhf antennas can be made to slightly higher gain.
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@marc-andrelandreville81395 years ago Allo, one question : On your video you refer to , is there a Canada version of this site? Thanks
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@shenghe98762 years ago The fcc repack can also be affecting the launch of atsc 3. 0 because the 600 mhz frequency band is being sold to t-mobile and there may not be enough space the 600 mhz cellular band should only be used in rural areas and not urban areas, because there are less cellular transmitters, and lower frequencies can travel longer distances, and also atsc 3. 0 services can be launched in major cities if the lower frequencies are congested. ...Expand 1
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@andywhiteman78865 years ago Tyler, thanks for the info. I guess big money rules! Two of my local stations went off air for a long time to install new translators and to change their thanks,
andy. ...Expand
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@Pyrolonn5 years ago A recent repack in my area (channel 20 in detroit) was interesting. I didn' t know it was going to be repacked, until one day it just wasn' t working . ...Expand
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@lo1bo25 years ago This was an interesting video. Guess you explained why once in a while i have to do a re-scan. Living in a major market (phoenix, az) fortunately i have . ...Expand
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@jimwavect5 years ago Odd that your video appeared in my suggestions as i just did a rescan 5 minutes before. Over the last 2 days, i' ve lost my 3 cbs channels (hartford, . ...Expand
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@tomb81125 years ago Nice videos antenna man, thanks for the info. I quit cable 1 yr ago and put up an rca antenna in my attic and am happy with the results, now getting about . ...Expand
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@gerardcarriera70525 years ago Now that stations are moved to a smaller number of channels, i wonder of that will create a co-channel interference problem. In the days of analog, i used . ...Expand
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@soth1220035 years ago Hey tyler. I enjoy your channel very much. I live in niceville fl. 32578 the problem i have is most of the towers are between 50 and 80 miles away and . ...Expand 1
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@phantomcruizer5 years ago Very informative video!
thanks.
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@lokatpic5 years ago Channel 2 is gone from north hollywood, ca. Said it was some sort of thing with cable. No channel 2. 2
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@countryside81225 years ago Would be nice if they added analog tv to these channels. Wish i could get t. V. With an antenna again. Now i have to pay for free t. V. The hills in my area prevent me from getting an digital signal. Thanks fcc! 15
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@DavidSmith-rv1bg5 years ago I' m in the houston market and so far i haven' t lost any channels. All appear to be ok.
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@determineddi20445 years ago I love free tv. Sticking it to the man as i call it. We' re ripped off as consumers everywhere we turn. Any legal freebies are ok by me. 25
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@-AnyWho5 years ago This will be good news for those of us that have diy in the attic style antennas cuz they are better in at 2-36 range. 50-64 on them styles usually id="hidden42" do have horrible signals. When is this suppose to take place for those of us in the western new york area? Any idea?. ...Expand 1
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@bluhammer065 years ago From a broadcasters standpoint this has been a losing and costly situation. We started in a very good sized market on analog 13. We were than displaced . ...Expand
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@ggme46825 years ago On august 2nd, 2019 the boston area went through thisi re-scanned my antenna channels as instructed and immediately almost every single channel now sucks.
i used to get a **lot of channels without any problem in the least**.
but after theit sucks so bad i can hardly watch it. Loss of channels, " weak or no signal" absolutely horrible pixelation, freezes with loss of sound. It totally suckss now, was perfect before!. ...Expand 4
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@johnturner73225 years ago This may explain some of the channel changes or eliminations i see in my area of ota. I use 2 antennas combined to get tv from both west and north of me. . ...Expand
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@dangrass5 years ago You are a great resource. Some more information about how digital sub channels work would be interesting.
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@OM19_MO795 years ago Mexico has a similar thing going on now, as atsc and the same bands are also used and even shared in some border area, the ift (mexicos communications . ...Expand
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@5roundsrapid2635 years ago They already did the repack in my market. We already had 3 vhf channels, so they just moved to open uhf channels. I only had to do a rescan.
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@funtime9745 years ago You could get uhf signals from san diego to long beach and there were mountains between the cities.
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@frankbarajas5 years ago What' s not being said is that these channel sharing combinations means that one or several of the channels may be at a reduced quality. In other words, . ...Expand 2
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@buckshotcharlie18295 years ago Great programming. Any thoughts on how to keep windows media center going beyond win7 and into win10?
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@peters87585 years ago So will winegard and channel master tweak their products for peak gain on the remaining frequencies instead of being sensitive all the way to channel 83? ie. Bow-ties get slighly wider, spacing between elements slightly greater. ...Expand
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@jjcoolaus5 years ago Great video. Why did dish network bid so much? Are they getting into wireless internet now?

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