Is DTV DXing As Enjoyable as Analog TV DXing?

Digital is good till you hit the digital cliff then it gets quite aggravating. I also don't really care for how airplane flutter affects a digital signal. When it's solid locked it's great.

[N1LF]

I'm new to the game, but find pluses and minuses when it comes to DTV. In 2001, when I left the hobby, DTV was just coming into the scene. I had a WinTV card, and had to be one of the first people in my area to watch DTV and HD off the air. Truly experimental in those days...with hours of art cards, and strange programming.

Now that the technology has "matured", I find it a mixed bag. It's cool to see PSIP signals decode, even if a picture isn't viewable. And the move of domestic stations has opened up some truly incredible analog DX on the low bands.

But it's also hard not to miss something that was such a part of my childhood.

But change is part of life, and the best we can do is adapt to it. The best part is that the death of TV DXing has been greatly exaggerated. The hobby seems to be alive and well, and I hope that it will continue for generations to come.

73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF

[Radiotron]

I tend to not enjoy digital DXing as much but still avidly do it. So far Houston and Austin, Texas are the longest digital. I'm in New Orleans and use a Channel Master 4251 With a Wade VIP-307SR underneath about 32 feet up. It's a hefty package but a older Alliance U-110 has been a trooper at handling the two on one double (one split and forced into the other) mast.
Average reliable is around 125 to 150 miles on the CM4251.
The VIP-307SR generally gets aimed at Mexico for low band VHF analog.