Interview with the Antenna Man ! His origin story, choosing the best antennas and more

VIDEO INDEX:
00:00 - Intro
00:41 - The Antenna Man's Background
06:10 - UHF vs VHF
07:38 - What Impacts Signal Quality
08:38 - Omnidirectional Tuners
10:20 - Weather Impact
11:02 - Attic Antennas
12:17 - Tuner Sensitivity
14:04 - Network Tuner vs. TV Tuners
15:53 - Pre-Amplifiers & Issues
17:56 - Cable Quality - Quad Shielded Cables
19:02 - Digital Challenges
21:25 - Using Built in Signal Monitors
22:30 - ATSC 3.0
25:35 - 4k Over the Air
27:02 - HEVC Quality
27:31 - Broadcast Business Model Changes
30:26 - Top Antenna Brands
33:20 - Crap Antennas
36:15 - Antenna Man's Recommendation Service
38:18 - What's Next?
41:19 - Resources
43:06 - Conclusion

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[DarthVader]

Two of my favorite YouTubers together in the same video! An early birthday present!

Thank you Lon and Tyler! :)

[samson]

Best crossover since The Avengers.

As always, great information.

[DaveNLR]

Thanks for having AntennaMan on. When I was 10, with a B&W TV, I used coat hangers out the window to pick up a TV station about 60 miles away because they didnt sign off at midnight (yes, Im old). That got me into Ham Radio. Now I use a Televes antenna on a 65' tower to DX TV stations from Arkansas. Ive picked up stations as far away as Florida, Cuba, New Mexico, and Chicago. Its a blast. If 6 meters is open, TV channels 2-6 might be. If 2m is open, so are the higher channels. It is a lot harder now that they compacted the band, and the local stations cram up 3/4 of them, but there are still a few open ones to DX on. Have fun.

[mrmartywaring]

I've been following him for a while & he is one of the reasons why I cut the cord

[yanlaw]

Both channels are an amazing combo for all antenna related information.

[dibanez_]

Hell yeah Good to have the Antenna Man on!

[actual]

Antenna Man helped me way down here Southeast Texas. I was trying to get in these 4 way out in the bush TV channels, I paid his fee, he advised what I should buy. And to my surprise we get not 4 channels... but 14 !!! He knows what he's talking about.

[RobbieStrike]

Antenna Man is a great channel. Lots of great information about over the air TV and the broadcast industry!

[MarkRowsey]

This was a great conversation! I recently subscribed to the AntennaMan as I wanted to start watching local TV again without paying for cable. Thanks Lon for this amazing interview!

[igeekone]

I'm very optimistic for ATSC 3.0. I hope everything just works as intended. 1.0 issues are what really put people off of OTA TV. With 3.0, we're finally gaining a vastly more reliable service which makes mobile viewing a good experience.

[yourneighborhood]

I've been subscribed to both of you for a long time!!! Both channels have great content.

[dmo]

Both of these guys taught me allot. Can't express how thankful I am for y'all n YouTube.

[dm]

Very good video with tons of information. It was really nice to see the Antenna Man on your Show. I have followed you both for several years now. Keep up the good work and keep us posted on your progress with your antenna. I sure like my Home Run box.

[steveh]

Excellent ! ... Glad I saw this ! ... wasn't sure I'd go the whole 45 min ... but interesting Geeking on this subject. I may have to pull the trigger on the Antenna Man's consultation. I used to live in a hilly part of West Seattle but got pretty good UHF reception and invested in Tablo, Amazon and Tivo. Now I live in Kent Valley suburb but I feel like in the bottom of a bowl surrounded by apartment buildings. Granted the Apt. shielding is great for noise reduction from the train track and highway, but have had to moth ball my OTA set up because of the poor reception. I got YouTube TV for a few months, but was spoiled by my OTA experience. Now it's mostly YouTube and Sirius Radio for my CATV shows.

[MrMikey]

Antenna man is a great guy with a great channel. I watched his channel for a few years and finally cut cable almost 2 years ago. Probably wouldn't have been as successful with out information from him.

[tlderose]

Lon and Tyler love both of your channels! It was nice to see you both in one video. A lot of good questions (Lon) and answers (Tyler) :)

[cityjazzsessions]

It’s great to see YouTubers collaborating vs competing. Keep up the good work!

[jimmccarville]

That is so cool that you had the "Antenna Man" on your channel and that he did talk about issues with some major networks are on different towers and spread apart like it is here in San Diego. Most of what I've seen is exactly what the Antenna Man described with all the major networks on one tower location but unfortunately not here in San Diego. He is working with me now on how to correct the issues and confident he will help me with the issues I have with CBS reception. I've looked around here in my location for someone that could help and there really isn't anyone or organization that does this and the "Very Few" that do will not work on two story homes because of insurance issues. Thanks for posting this so that many more can learn what they need to know with regards to over the air reception!

[Manatarms]

Favorite live stream of the year !
Great to see two of my favorite channels together

[prolifepac]

Love Tyler! So straight forward and full of info on how to get plenty of tv without having to pay or have the government or big corps involved. A genuinely good guy.