How do I know which way to point my rabbit ears?
I’ll start with the easiest question: >And what’s the deal with the “gain” dial? Do I always want to put that all the way up? (If so, why’s it there in the first place?) In general, you want to set it to the least gain that gives you the most satisfactory results. The gain dial controls an electronic amplifier in the antenna; setting the gain too high increases the amount of noise in the signal and can cause the signal level to overload the TV’s receiver. There is a lot of “art” in adjusting rabbit ear antennas, but you can cut down on the guess work by knowing something about how antennas work. I’ve pasted below an answer I gave to a similar question: ————————————–… Go to the first link and find out the direction, distance, and frequencies of your local analog TV transmitters Look at your list; if their are any channels between 2 and 13, look at the second web link and adjust the length of the “ears” to the lowest channel #. The ears mostly receive (VHF) chann
