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Islanders compare rooftop-antenna television reception, 2013

Also Beaver Island rooftop antenna reception October 2013 · Beaver Island over-the-air television channels 2013

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TypeEvent
Dates2013-10-07 – 2013-10-09
ErasModern era
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Dates
2013-10-07 – 2013-10-09
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Community observation
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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communicationtechnologyinfrastructure

In October 2013, Beaver Island forum participants compared rooftop-antenna television reception. One household reported receiving WCMU, WFUP/Fox, WTOM, and WGTQ with a northeast-pointed antenna, while the original question asked whether CBC from Sault Ste. Marie could be received.

These are useful household observations alongside the earlier 2009 reception discussion, but they do not establish island-wide coverage or signal quality.

Sources

  1. One participant asked about rooftop-antenna reception and CBC; Joe Moore replied that a northeast-pointed antenna could receive WCMU, WFUP/Fox, WTOM, and WGTQ, while noting he had not recently rescanned or tested the rotor. These are individual household observations, not an engineering survey or representative island coverage map.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 06 · t006846

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Beaver Island Archive, “Islanders compare rooftop-antenna television reception, 2013”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-rooftop-tv-reception-2013/, accessed [date], citing BMcCaw and Joe Moore, “Rooftop Antenna Reception,” Beaver Island Forum, October 7–9, 2013..

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