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Monday, April 29, 2013

Find and aim your RV antenna for good signal reception with this free Android app

Not a satellite TV fan? Here's a nifty app that will help you locate free "over the air" digital and high definition TV broadcasts wherever you go in the U.S. TV Antenna Helper Free is, by nature, advertiser supported. If you can't stand adverts, then for $1.99 you can get TV Antenna Helper and skip all the ads.

How does it work? On location step outside your rig and orient your compass by strolling around a bit. One user suggests walking around in a "figure-8" sort of way. When your Android device has you located, the app provides several displays to help you "see" and point your antenna to TV stations in your area.

Those lists are:

1) A scrollable list displaying all nearby TV signals ordered from strongest to weakest.
2) A compass that displays the stations at their correct heading from the current location.
3) A map displaying the current location and the location of all nearby TV signal towers.

TV Antenna Helper Free tells you channel numbers, station call signs, signal strengths, compass bearings to the transmitting antennas, distance, and more. Free TV Antenna Helper here.

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  1. On location step outside your rig and orient your compass by strolling around a bit. One user suggests walking around in a "figure-8" sort of way. cell phone external antenna

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