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I found my 800 PS3 game collection from back when I played the console years ago. All are complete and in good shape. Are PS3 games worth anything or should I just sell them at a yard sale for a dollar like I did with my PS1 games?

Edit: Be on the lookout for some pictures in the future and I will go through them all soonish. Probably my vacation week. I didn’t realize some of these games were worth money. The bins are extra dusty.

I’m installing a new ground rod because my old one is no longer good and is inside the house rusted and all. What is the best way for me to ground my roof top antenna to the new rod? Also what’s the best way to ground the coaxial cable outside for electrical interference?

Can I combine my HD Homerun m3u playlist, with another m3u playlist and pick and choose what channels I want active?

Does this app not automatically select all the channels and let you select the channels you want manually saving you a lot of time?

Can anyone figure this one out? My NVR system and POe cameras cause my VHF channels to drop. The system is plugged in and setup in a whole different building 70ft away from the antenna or coaxial wires but each poe Ethernet cable I plug in to the NVR causes my VHF signal to drop. Once I have 4 POE cameras plugged in I lose my VHF channels. Is there anything I can do about this? I’ve messed around with this and have definitely pinpointed it to this system and so far have found no solution. Could it be the Ethernet cables, the power cord powering the NVR?

It is a Anpiz POE camera setup with there NVR and own cameras.

Does anybody know anything about these? I’m interested in learning more about these and to know if they have other purposes then just broadcasting live tv? Also were these areas picked out for any specific reason? Could another location be added?

First make sure you go to https://www.rabbitears.info/searchmap.php and search for your address.

Anything labeled as Fair or Good can be picked up with an indoor antenna most of the time. If you have any poor signals then an outdoor antenna on your roof is likely needed. For anything labeled as bad you don’t have a high chance but you could catch the signals from knife edge diffraction which is a very precise engineering setup.

If you are using an indoor antenna I highly recommend using one with an amplifier. I don’t have a favorite indoor antenna but just don’t use those flat paper thin ones or use ones that promise over 100 miles. It’s all marketing crap.

If you are using an antenna outside I highly recommend the DB8E antenna paired with an amplifier. You could also try a Yagi antenna but those can only be aimed in one direction. DB8E has worked better for me in our terrain here.

Outdoor antenna suggestion https://store.antennasdirect.com/DB8e-Outdoor-DTV-Antenna.html

Outdoor/Indoor Amplifier suggestion make sure you buy the outdoor model if you are using it outside. https://www.kitztech.com/kt500.html

Also I highly suggest you buy a OBTV filter for your antenna it blocks all unwanted signals. Please make sure to install this before the amp or it will not work. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5T9NDL3?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback

If you don’t have some of the local big networks you want in your area like CBS, NBC, FOX, ABC, and PBS you can always email the general manager of the station to show interest in there station and see if they will build a translator station near you. WCAX and PBS are amazing at doing this.

WCAX Contact: jay.barton@wcax.com

WPTZ Contact: wptzengineering@hearst.com (There link to the general manager email does not work right now).

WFFF/WVNY Contact: tcastano@mychamplainvalley.com

PBS VT Contact: hello@vermontpublic.org

PBS NH Contact: ddeangelis@nhpbs.org

I am going to share some high population areas of VT TV channel lists if you use a DB8E Antenna with an AMP on your roof. These are the signals that come to your town as good enough to watch.

Also please remember that in 2009 analog TV shutdown in most areas. So TV antenna signals have moved on to digital so they are no longer fuzzy, have static, and look a lot more like cable in quality. If a channel is broadcasting a HD channel it will most of the time look better the cable even if compressed because this is the master feed and raw feed of the channel. Sub channels are usually in SD but still look very good.

Claremont NH

📺 11.x — WEKW (NHPBS Affiliate)
11.1: NHPBS HD
11.2: NHPBS Explore
11.3: NHPBS World
11.4: NHPBS Create
11.5: NHPBS Kids

📺 26.x — WYCI (MyNetworkTV Affiliate)
26.1: MyNetworkTV
26.2: Outlaw
26.3: Catchy Comedy
26.4: DEFY TV
26.5: Oxygen True Crime
26.6: 365 Black
26.7: MeTV Toons
26.8: WCAX 3 News Now

📺 28.x — WVER (Vermont Public Affiliate)
28.1: Vermont Public HD
28.2: Vermont Public Plus
28.3: Create TV
28.4: PBS Kids

More Coming Soon to This Area!

Lebanon NH

📺 11.x — WEKW (NHPBS Affiliate)
11.1: NHPBS HD
11.2: NHPBS Explore
11.3: NHPBS World
11.4: NHPBS Create
11.5: NHPBS Kids

📺 26.x — WYCI (MyNetworkTV Affiliate)
26.1: MyNetworkTV
26.2: Outlaw
26.3: Catchy Comedy
26.4: DEFY TV
26.5: Oxygen True Crime
26.6: 365 Black
26.7: MeTV Toons
26.8: WCAX 3 News Now

📺 28.x — WVER (Vermont Public Affiliate)
28.1: Vermont Public HD
28.2: Vermont Public Plus
28.3: Create TV
28.4: PBS Kids

Springfield VT

📺 11.x — WEKW-TV (NHPBS / New Hampshire PBS)
11.1: NHPBS HD (PBS)
11.2: NHPBS Explore
11.3: World Channel
11.4: Create
11.5: PBS Kids 24/7

📺 26.x — W26FR-D (WYCI MyNetworkTV Relay)
26.1: MyNetworkTV HD / WYCI Independent
26.2: Outlaw
26.3: Catchy Comedy
26.4: Defy TV
26.5: Oxygen
26.6: The 365
26.7: MeTV Toons
26.8: 3 News Now (WCAX Newscasts & Live Sports)
(Note: This local low-power translator relays the live Gray Television subchannel network configuration directly to your market on virtual channel 26.x). [1, 2]

📺 28.x — WVER (Vermont Public PBS)
28.1: Vermont Public / PBS HD
28.2: World Channel
28.3: Create
28.4: PBS Kids 24/7

More Coming Soon to this area!

I’m trying to get a better idea where antenna viewers are in the state or people looking to use one. This will help me gauge interest from a certain areas of the state.

View Poll

I’m very surprised with all the private messages I’ve received about using a TV antenna In Vermont and all the comments. I wanted to share the best way to use one in this great state with links for what to buy and everything.

First make sure you go to https://www.rabbitears.info/searchmap.php and search for your address.

Anything labeled as Fair or Good can be picked up with an indoor antenna most of the time. If you have any poor signals then an outdoor antenna on your roof is likely needed. For anything labeled as bad you don’t have a high chance but you could catch the signals from knife edge diffraction which is a very precise engineering setup.

If you are using an indoor antenna I highly recommend using one with an amplifier. I don’t have a favorite indoor antenna but just don’t use those flat paper thin ones or use ones that promise over 100 miles. It’s all marketing crap.

If you are using an antenna outside I highly recommend the DB8E antenna paired with an amplifier. You could also try a Yagi antenna but those can only be aimed in one direction. DB8E has worked better for me in our terrain here.

Outdoor antenna suggestion https://store.antennasdirect.com/DB8e-Outdoor-DTV-Antenna.html

Outdoor/Indoor Amplifier suggestion make sure you buy the outdoor model if you are using it outside. https://www.kitztech.com/kt500.html

Also I highly suggest you buy a OBTV filter for your antenna it blocks all unwanted signals. Please make sure to install this before the amp or it will not work. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5T9NDL3?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback

If you don’t have some of the local big networks you want in your area like CBS, NBC, FOX, ABC, and PBS you can always email the general manager of the station to show interest in there station and see if they will build a translator station near you. WCAX and PBS are amazing at doing this.

WCAX Contact: jay.barton@wcax.com

WPTZ Contact: wptzengineering@hearst.com (There link to the general manager email does not work right now).

WFFF/WVNY Contact: tcastano@mychamplainvalley.com

PBS VT Contact: hello@vermontpublic.org

I am going to share some high population areas of VT TV channel lists if you use a DB8E Antenna with an AMP on your roof. These are the signals that come to your town as good enough to watch.

Also please remember that in 2009 analog TV shutdown in most areas. So TV antenna signals have moved on to digital so they are no longer fuzzy, have static, and look a lot more like cable in quality. If a channel is broadcasting a HD channel it will most of the time look better the cable even if compressed because this is the master feed and raw feed of the channel. Sub channels are usually in SD but still look very good.

Burlington VT

📺 3.x — WCAX-TV (CBS Affiliate)
3.1: CBS HD
3.2: Movies!
3.3: Heroes & Icons (H&I)
3.4: Start TV
3.5: ION Television
3.6: 3 News Now (Local News Feed)
3.7: Shop LC [1, 2]

📺 5.x — WPTZ (NBC Affiliate)
5.1: NBC HD
5.2: Story Television
5.3: MeTV
5.4: Defy TV [1, 2]

📺 22.x — WVNY (ABC Affiliate)
22.1: ABC HD
22.2: Laff
22.3: Grit
22.4: Quest [1, 2]

📺 31.x — WNNE (The CW Affiliate)
31.1: The CW HD
(Note: Airs from the same physical tower transmitter as WPTZ)

📺 33.x — WETK (Vermont Public PBS)
33.1: Vermont Public / PBS HD
33.2: World Channel
33.3: Create
33.4: PBS Kids 24/7 [1]

📺 44.x — WFFF-TV (FOX Affiliate)
44.1: FOX HD
44.2: Ion Mystery
44.3: Bounce TV
44.4: Antenna TV [1]

📺 57.x — WCFE-TV (Mountain Lake PBS)
57.1: Mountain Lake PBS HD
57.2: PBS Kids 24/7
57.3: NHK World

Plus Canada Channels! And more coming soon!

Montpelier VT

📺 3.x — WCAX-TV (CBS Affiliate)
3.1: CBS HD
3.2: Movies!
3.3: Heroes & Icons (H&I)
3.4: Start TV
3.5: ION Television
3.6: 3 News Now (Local News Feed)
3.7: Shop LC

📺 5.x — WPTZ (NBC Affiliate)
5.1: NBC HD
5.2: Story Television
5.3: MeTV
5.4: Defy TV

📺 22.x — WVNY (ABC Affiliate)
22.1: ABC HD
22.2: Laff
22.3: Grit
22.4: Quest

📺 28.x — WVER (Vermont Public PBS)
28.1: Vermont Public / PBS HD
28.2: World Channel
28.3: Create
28.4: PBS Kids 24/7

📺 31.x — WNNE (The CW Affiliate)
31.1: The CW HD
(Note: WNNE shares the exact same physical transmitter tower as WPTZ)

📺 33.x — WETK (Vermont Public PBS)
33.1: Vermont Public / PBS HD
33.2: World Channel
33.3: Create
33.4: PBS Kids 24/7
(Note: This is the Burlington PBS feed; you will likely get cleaner reception from the closer Montpelier transmitter on 28.1)

📺 44.x — WFFF-TV (FOX Affiliate)
44.1: FOX HD
44.2: Ion Mystery
44.3: Bounce TV
44.4: Antenna TV

Rutland VT

📺 3.x — W23EU-D (WCAX CBS Relay)
3.1: CBS HD solos
3.2: Movies!
3.3: Heroes & Icons (H&I)
3.4: Start TV
3.5: ION Television
3.6: 3 News Now (Local News Feed)
3.7: Shop LC
(Note: This is a highly localized translator mirroring the main Burlington CBS station for the Rutland market).

📺 28.x — WVER (Vermont Public PBS)
28.1: Vermont Public / PBS HD
28.2: World Channel
28.3: Create
28.4: PBS Kids 24/7

Springfield VT

📺 11.x — WEKW-TV (NHPBS / New Hampshire PBS)
11.1: NHPBS HD (PBS)
11.2: NHPBS Explore
11.3: World Channel
11.4: Create
11.5: PBS Kids 24/7

📺 26.x — W26FR-D (WYCI MyNetworkTV Relay)
26.1: MyNetworkTV HD / WYCI Independent
26.2: Outlaw
26.3: Catchy Comedy
26.4: Defy TV
26.5: Oxygen
26.6: The 365
26.7: MeTV Toons
26.8: 3 News Now (WCAX Newscasts & Live Sports)
(Note: This local low-power translator relays the live Gray Television subchannel network configuration directly to your market on virtual channel 26.x). [1, 2]

📺 28.x — WVER (Vermont Public PBS)
28.1: Vermont Public / PBS HD
28.2: World Channel
28.3: Create
28.4: PBS Kids 24/7

More Coming Soon to this area!

Brattleboro VT

📺 3.x — WYBM-LD (WCAX CBS Relay)
3.1: CBS HD
3.2: Movies!
3.3: Heroes & Icons (H&I)
3.4: Start TV
3.5: ION Television
3.6: 3 News Now (Local News Feed)
3.7: Shop LC
(Note: As an exact replica of the main WCAX Burlington station, it carries the full 7-subchannel multiplex directly to the Brattleboro area on a Fair signal).

📺 11.x — WEKW-TV (NHPBS / New Hampshire PBS)
11.1: NHPBS HD (PBS)
11.2: NHPBS Explore
11.3: World Channel
11.4: Create
11.5: PBS Kids 24/7

📺 26.x — W26FR-D (WYCI MyNetworkTV Relay)
26.1: MyNetworkTV HD / WYCI Independent
26.2: Outlaw
26.3: Catchy Comedy
26.4: Defy TV
26.5: Oxygen
26.6: The 365
26.7: MeTV Toons
26.8: 3 News Now (WCAX Newscasts & Live Sports)
(Note: This translator sits further north in Charlestown, NH, making it a Poor signal that requires a stronger antenna setup).

📺 28.x — WVER (Vermont Public PBS)
28.1: Vermont Public / PBS HD
28.2: World Channel
28.3: Create
28.4: PBS Kids 24/7

Bennington VT

📺 6.x — WRGB (CBS Affiliate)
This station transmits out of Schenectady, NY, dropping into the Poor signal category at your location. You will need a good outdoor or attic antenna to stabilize the feed.
6.1: CBS HD
6.2: Charge!
6.3: Comet
6.4: TBD

📺 13.x — W32FW-D / WNYT (NBC Affiliate Relay)
This is a low-power local translator broadcasting from Adams, MA, to bring the Albany NBC station into your mountain valley with a Poor signal.
13.1: NBC HD
13.2: MeTV
13.3: Start TV
13.4: Story Television

📺 30.x — W30DM-D (WVER PBS Relay)
This is a direct, local translator broadcasting from Manchester, VT, delivering a clear Fair signal to your area.
30.1: Vermont Public / PBS HD
30.2: World Channel
30.3: Create
30.4: PBS Kids 24/7

📺 46.x — W20EH-D (WVER PBS Relay)
This local low-power translator is sitting practically right on top of you (only 2 miles away), blasting a highly reliable Good signal.
46.1: Vermont Public / PBS HD
46.2: World Channel
46.3: Create
46.4: PBS Kids 24/7
(Note: Channels 30.x and 46.x mirror the exact same Vermont Public PBS programming network).

With more coming soon to this are!

Wanted to report on some great news about some new TV towers that will be launching in Vermont to underserved areas of the state.

Edit: Just to clear things up all of these stations are going on already installed towers in Vermont. There will be no new tower constructed. An antenna and some wires will be run on already existing towers.

Springfield VT: Channel 34 Greater Love TV (Confirmed)
34.1 Greater Love TV
34.2 Retro TV (Suspected)
34.3 Hasbro Legends (Suspected)
34.4 Action Channel (Suspected)
34.5 Heartland (Suspected)
34.6 The Family Channel (Suspected)
This channel will cover the roughly 15-25 mile radius around Springfield VT.

Burlington VT: Channel 33 Weigel Broadcasting (Pending Approval)
(All are suspected and may change)
33.1 MeTV
33.2 MeTV +
33.3 MeTV Toons
33.4 Catchy Comedy
33.5 Heroes and Icons
33.6 Movies
33.7 Start TV
33.8 Story TV
33.9 West
33.10 The Nest
This channel will cover The northern 2/3 of VT and Northern NY it may reach into extreme western NH with stronger signals up north. This may cause WCAX and WPTZ to lose the broadcast rights of some of these channels.

Bennington VT: Channel 14 Northeast Gospel (Pending Approval)
Unknown channels will be broadcast but northeast gospel is a religious group so expect religious content with some classic TV channels.

Brattleboro VT: Channel 3 WCAX (Confirmed)
3.1 CBS WCAX
3.2 Movies
3.3 Heroes and Icons
3.4 Start TV
3.5 Ion TV
3.6 3 News Now
3.7 Shop LC
This channel will cover 15-20 mile radius around Brattleboro.

These stations will add channels to underserved areas.

Springfield VT area will be able to pick up 23-30 channels with an antenna once the new station goes live.

Burlington VT area will be able to pick up 40-60 channels with an antenna once the new station goes live.

Bennington VT area will be able to pick up 30-50 channels with an antenna once the new station goes live.

Brattleboro VT area will be able to pick up 11-20channels with an antenna once the new station goes live.

Heard some talk that 109 affiliates may be coming within 3 years per FCC filings. Take a look at this list and if you have one of these towers going in near you then take a look at the coverage map on the right and if it covers you then you have a high chance of getting all the networks offered by GAIM.

Anybody have a good USB device that can hold a lot of juice and power a HDHR and a AMP for an extended period of time? I’m doing some work on the same circuit breaker these devices are hooked up too and need to do this long term.

I’ve gone through two of these in 3 months because I installed these outside and did not fully protect them from the elements. Channel master states this is weather resistant but having two fail in minor rain showers when all your other equipment is fine makes me think otherwise.

I tested out some real word examples for some stations I would like to get and ran some math calculations on a place near my house and also ran a rabbit ears report.

A slightly elevated hill near my house receives WPTZ at 80 percent, WCAX at 60 percent, and WFFF at 40 percent signal strength. This had me thinking that I could probably just aim my antenna slightly upwards to try to capture some of the strong signals.

I ran some calculations and believe I would need to aim my antenna 12 degrees upwards to be able to catch any of the signals from the nearby hill. The hill is roughly 1 mile away where the signals are very strong. I was going to aim it roughly 8 degrees upwards but because there is a tree line across the street I thought 12 degrees was a better idea.

I ran this real world test on the hill with a Clearstream 4V max with a channel master 30DB amp around 15 feet on an elevated deck on the hill.

I plan on installing a DB8E antenna with a VHF element 30ft above ground pointed at 357 degrees and aimed 12 degrees up. I may go higher if I put more support but we’ll stick with 30ft for now. I will put a OBTV filter near the antenna from channel master and then put a Kitz 500 amp right on the pole that has low noise at 0.85db and high amplifier strength up to 36db if it is all needed. Since the DB8E has all sorts of coaxial cables that run through it I would say I have roughly 85ft of coax. 70ft of the coax is solid copper and extremely low loss. The rest of coax is RG6 but not solid copper and may have some more loss. This will be running into a HD Homerun device so it can decode the absolute weakest of signals.

A Yagi antenna will not work here because of how the signals come into my area but a DB8E should be able to pull in all the signals I want.

These are the channels I hope to receive based off the help Ive received from people in this forum and the tests I’ve run in the real world and the math calculations I have ran to decide how to position the antenna. I don’t think any of these channels are out of the realm of possibility.

Channels
3.1 CBS WCAX
3.2 Movies
3.3 Heroes & Icons
3.4 Start TV
3.5 ION
3.6 3 News Now
3.7 Shop LC
5.1 NBC WPTZ
5.2 Story TV
5.3 METV
5.4 ION Plus
5.5 QVC
11.1 PBS NH
11.2 PBS NH Explore
11.3 World
11.4 Create
11.5 Kids
26.1 My Network TV
26.2 Outlaw
26.3 Catchy Comedy
26.4 Defy
26.5 Oxygen
26.6 365 Black
26.7 METV Toons
26.8 3 News Now
28.1 PBS VT
28.2 World
28.3 Create
28.4 Kids
31.1 CW WNNE
44.1 FOX WFFF
44.2 ION Mystery
44.3 Bounce
44.4 Antenna

I will be using the DB8E antenna with the VHF add on located 50ft above ground. The Kitz-500 amplifier will be located near the base of the pole.

The Kitz amplifier has up to 36db of gain while only having 0.85db of noise which is very unheard of for so much gain. My coaxial run will be 70ft of solid copper wire that is rated to have extremely low loss.

This antenna setup will be located in one of the worst areas for tv reception as most towers are 3 edge or more at a distance. My main goal is to pick up WCAX, WPTZ, and WNNE. These 3 stations are all 3 edge and are 80 miles away. Nearby land is in the Red-Green color on rabbit ears while I have no color and it shows the signal as bad. These stations broadcast off a very high peak at high power.

The reason why I am shooting for these networks is because these are networks I would like to watch and also these are networks that send signals to me that my hd Homerun detects I just don’t get a picture which makes me believe a better setup might allow me to pick up these stations and make them barely come in.

Rabbit ears report https://www.rabbitears.info/s/2862201

Hi HD Homerun a channel just launched an independent local channel. It just needs guide data paired up to it. The guide data is available on Titan TV and other applications. Please let me know what info you need from me in order to pair it and I will provide it to you.

Thank you