- Dates
- 2009-06-16 – 2009-06-17
- Kind
- Technology
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communicationtechnologyinfrastructure
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
After the 2009 digital television transition, Beaver Island forum participants compared reception from different directions. One participant reported signals from Sault Ste. Marie, Green Bay, and Cadillac using a rooftop antenna, but not Traverse City/NBC.
Evidence limits
These are individual reception observations, not a coverage map or engineering survey.
Sources
- Jeff Kaczmarczyk and participants, "Digital TV antennas," Beaver Island Forum, June 28–July 3, 2010.Participants reported highly location-dependent reception: one household near Carlisle and King’s Highway received two channels reliably and several intermittently with a large antenna, preamp, rotor, and converter, while homes in the Port of St. James reported two to four channels inconsistently or none. Another participant said island broadband enabled online television. These are household observations, not an engineering survey.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002505
- Participants reported receiving some Sault Ste. Marie, Green Bay, and Cadillac digital signals with a rooftop antenna, while Traverse City/NBC reception remained unresolved. These are user observations, not a signal survey or engineering record.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001720
- A participant described using legitimate streaming television sites because over-the-air digital reception on the Island was limited, and linked to online program libraries. This documents one household's adaptation and resource-sharing, not universal reception or a representative media survey.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001883
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Islanders compare over-the-air digital television reception, 2009”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-digital-tv-reception-2009/, accessed [date], citing Jeff Kaczmarczyk and participants, "Digital TV antennas," Beaver Island Forum, June 28–July 3, 2010. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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