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Winegard SS-3000

Winegard SS-3000 Amplified Indoor UHF/VHF Antenna

I've been frustrated for quite a while with the TV reception in our master bedroom.  For the last year or so, I've had a Philips MANT-510 antenna in there. It produced decent results, however it was necessary to reposition the UHF portion of the antenna depending on which channel I wanted to receive (even though all the antennas are in roughly the same direction. (Here's a link to my TV Fool results, I live in the Keller, TX area).  Also, WFAA, channel 8, was always difficult to receive.  I did quite a lot of research, mainly on AVS Forum, and finally decided on the Winegard SS-3000.  The antenna comes disassembled, however it is not that hard to put together, some other reviews have complained that it's easy to get the three coax cables mixed up.  If you take a minute to read the directions, you can easily differentiate which cable goes where.  I was more concerned with snapping the plastic reflector grid, as you have to bend it to fit in the vertical brackets.

Once put together, I hooked the antenna up to my TV and power, and pointed it in the direction of the antenna farm, which is about 29 miles away, with hills and building in between.  Initially the reception was not as good as I had hoped for, with many channels not coming in.  I then pointed it at one of our bedroom windows (as was mentioned in the instructions), and got much better results.  The only channel that I am not getting is 52 (which broadcasts on the old channel 9).  WFAA, on channel 8 is no problem (unless I'm standing in front of the antenna).  All the other majors (4, 5, 11, 13, 21, 27, 33) come in fine, without having to change the antennas position.  68 and 58 both come in well too, which is good since my kids like to watch Qubo and Smile of a Child.

The direction that the SS-3000 is facing (out the window) is more of a south-southwest position, so the antenna must be picking up reflected signals, and ability of which I had seen written about in other articles.

The antenna is kind of big (the reflector screen makes it seem larger than it really is), but for us it's doing a good job, and I am happy with my purchase. I plan to make a stand for it so it doesn't have to perch precariously on my LCD tv.

Winegard SS-3000 Amplified Indoor UHF/VHF Antenna

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Update: No news is good news edition.

I know I haven't posted much lately, but there hasn't been much news on the cancer front.  The chemo continues to work, my dad's latest CA19-9 number was 34, which is within the "normal" range.  Hoping that continues to last.

Latest news...

As of last week my dad's CA19-9 was down to 48, which is good. The chemo seems to be affecting him more, as his energy level on some days can get very low, and he's saying that on the day after the treatment, he has a sore throat.

Also, sad news, Randy Pausch has passed on due to complications from pancreatic cancer. Here's the link to the Carnegie Mellon news story.

Numbers still going the right way.

Dad's CA19-9 was down to 57 last week!

Updates...

The chemo continues to go well for my dad, last month his CA19-9 was 145, last Thursday it was 97 (normal is 37 or less), so the gemcitabine is still working. Hope that keeps up!