Comments on: Memphis Kristin wants to remove the TV antenna from her 1953 ranch home — Help!

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:47:39 +0000

I say leave the antenna!!

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:16:01 +0000

Beautiful looking home, Kristin. I just discovered this post after reading your landscaping post. Coincidentally my husband just took down the antenna off of our 1952 bungalow last weekend. He did it himself. He just asked our next door neighbors to move their cars out of their driveway in case it fell while he lowered it down. He put it out on trash day and a trash picker was driving by and took it immediately. I’m sure he got money for the metal. I’m glad it got recycled. I think we were the last house on the street to still have an antenna on the roof.

By: sablemable

sablemable — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:52:00 +0000

Kristin, I think the white looks rather nice with that color brick, but I’m also tired of white trim on my brick ranch and want to change colors.

Try the Benjamin Moore visualizer that Pam talked about. It’s a great tool and lots of fun to use! I’ve almost settled upon a light yellow-green color for my house as it really brings the color of the brick out (orange-tan brick).

By: sablemable

sablemable — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:54:58 +0000

Kristin,
Fantastic ranch house! Love it!
Forgive me for not knowing nada about taking down antennas, LOL!

By: kristinirene

kristinirene — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:12:20 +0000

After the message of even the possibility of being shocked, I am starting to REALLY think it is a nice addition to the house!

By: Femme1

Femme1 — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:35:15 +0000

Just a little addition to those of you who may be confused about the February 2009 conversion to digital for television. Your antennas will still work; all you need is to get a converter box for your older TV. The government even has special coupons to make it cheaper to buy them. (Get info from the U.S. govt. here: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/dtvcoupon/ .)

By the way, as Kayleen said above, if you have cable service that doesn’t offer local stations, you many need an antenna to watch local or regional sports, local PBS programming, and local news.

By: kkring@roadrunner.com

kkring@roadrunner.com — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:53:26 +0000

Please be mindful of one thing, should you remove the antenna yourself. Although it is not energized, the antenna is a perfect conduit should it come into contact with an overhead service entrance (electrical connection) to your home.

Keep away from this line at all costs and good luck.

By: Kayleen

Kayleen — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:03:52 +0000

I am writing this while sitting not three feet from a TV engineer. Which is not as exciting as you might think. I am not just writing what I think I know, I know this for a fact. I have been hearing the details of digital television daily for more then three years.

You are going to need rabbit ears and antennas now more then ever. If you can not get your local stations through your cable or satellite provider you will need an antenna to get them. You will need a good antenna to get your local news and probably your local PBS station.

Personally I would wait until after February to take it down. If you think that one is big you should see the one on top of my house. Combine that with the six satellite dishes in the back yard the neighbors think we are spying for North Korea. I try to think of it as a cold war vibe.

By: leetwilliams

leetwilliams — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 20:41:31 +0000

Why wait to see the pics? Y’all just come over and see what’s going on! leetwilliams@hotmail.com

By: kristinirene

kristinirene — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:32:02 +0000

You lucky dog! We just painted our dinette/kitchen a ’50’s light blue and boy does it help…even the crappy replaced countertop looks better. Luckily we still have our unpainted original birch cabinets in there. Our neighborhood rules!!! Can’t wait to see your pix.