Author: S!ick

Established by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. no. 109-58, 119 Stat 594 (2005)…

In the United States of America the state of Hawaii, and most of Arizona, do not use it.

Daylight (savings) time begins on the second Sunday in March (and ends on the first Sunday in November).

On the second Sunday in March, at 2:00 a.m. local standard time, clocks are set ahead one hour. (On the first Sunday in November, at 2:00 a.m. local daylight time, clocks are set back one hour.)
* In 2009, daylight time begins on March 8 and ends on November 1.

Ya’ll know how I likes (free) stuff. Sonja Thompson of TechRepublic sent a box o’ goodies to me, so I put up a quick YouTube post “outting” her…and, at 6:23 into her video, she outted me:

“…a snippet of a YouTube video created by TR member S!ick. Now, S!ick is also the co-host of TechtalkRadio.com. Maybe S!ick will send me an official TechtalkRadio t-shirt, size medium?…”

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
…President Barack Obama signed S.352, a bill to postpone the DTV transition date to June 12th…

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AntennaWeb.org attempts to suggest types of antennas needed to receive local television broadcast channels based on geographical maps and signal strengths.

For example: most of the transmitters of the Tucson (Arizona) television stations are on Mount Bigelow in the Santa Catalina Mountains, which is north of Tucson.

My area is Picture Rocks, which is far west of Tucson…beyond the Tucson Mountains.

According to AntennaWeb.org:
for my CBS, ABC, and PBS affiliate stations I need a Medium Directional Antenna rooftop antenna with a pre-amp…
and for my Fox, NBC, and KTTU stations I need a Large Directional Antenna rooftop antenna with an amplifier.

(I’m not surprised…as long as I’ve lived in Tucson, to receive most of the television stations available, I’ve needed to use the best antennas I could afford.)

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Regarding the installation of outdoor antennas…

The Telecommunications Act (Section 207/rule 47 C.F.R. Section 1.4000) prohibits restrictions that impair the installation, maintenance, or use of antennas used to receive video programming including: satellite dishes, TV antennas, and wireless cable antennas.

It applies to condominiums, rental properties, and single-family homes.