Enlarge the signal in your digital satellite receiver
If you use an antenna then by now you've probably noticed differences between analog and digital television - a wider screen, channel numbers with decimal points, use of a DTV converter box, and so on. There is another difference, an invisible difference, which is the cause of lost or inconsistent reception and a new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) translator program. It's the digital TV signal. Given identical broadcast conditions, a digital TV signal won't travel as far as an analog TV signal because terrestrial constraints affect it more than analog. Things that affect reception include roofs, walls, hills, trees, the wind, etc. A digital signal is so sensitive that a person walking in front of it can knock it offline. In comparison, an analog signal is like a roach. It'll take more than someone walking in front of the antenna to drop the signal. Moral of the story is that in order to receive a good over-the-air picture you need a good si...
