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The tech is great. I bought a "COLOR TV ANTENNA" from Radio Shack, when they were still open a few years back. Amazingly, it came in the same looking box I recall from the late 70's. (upgrading mom 'n pops old antenna as a kid to get UHF channels)

Took an hour to get a good orientation. Mostly problem free, and there are some 30 channels here in PDX, maybe 10 of them offer something I might watch.

And that's the only real problem area. Commercial AD loads are HIGH. Higher than I remember in the past. Quite frankly brutal, and there are very few things I'll watch, given that high load.

Mostly, I use a Chromcast to stream things to the nice smart tv and call it good.




PDX is the airport code for the Portland airport just in case you don't keep up with the airport code for the 19th largest US metro area.


Ha, thanks! Like my multiplication tables, I have only memorized the codes for the top 12 metro areas.


PDX is just what the locals tend to say when mentioning Portland. It saves the confusion over whether you are referring to Maine or Oregon. Assuming the person you are communicating with knows their airport codes. :)


I am admittedly too willing to use airport codes in common expression. Nice catch.




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