Forum: Antennas
21-Aug-2014, 7:37 PM
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Replies: 18
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Instead of a metal box, I have found that...
Instead of a metal box, I have found that wrapping a module with metal foil tape was inexpensive shielded more effectively. This was deep inside some old computer equipment with strong digital...
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Forum: Help With Reception
7-Aug-2013, 10:58 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 10,501
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Forum: Help With Reception
6-Aug-2013, 7:36 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 10,501
Oh. If you mean Whiteman airport, it's...
Oh. If you mean Whiteman airport, it's negligible. It's tiny, servicing light planes, South of the beamwidth of the antenna. Traffic seems unrelated to the timing of the fluctuations I see,...
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Forum: Help With Reception
6-Aug-2013, 5:45 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 10,501
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Forum: Help With Reception
6-Aug-2013, 5:09 PM
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Views: 10,501
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Forum: Help With Reception
6-Aug-2013, 12:59 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 10,501
fluctuating multipath; need solution
I installed a new Winegard HD-7084P antenna months ago. Now I have frequent dropouts ("no signal" on the TV), which I'm pretty sure are due to fluctuating multipath.
I had to add a rotator, and...
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Forum: Help With Reception
13-Jul-2012, 3:55 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 24,015
Fixed! (I hope.)
I mounted the 7084 antenna...
Fixed! (I hope.)
I mounted the 7084 antenna today and it has many of the appearances of working, with the AP4700 amplifier in place. The weak channels are all coming in.
We'll know in a few...
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Forum: Help With Reception
30-Jun-2012, 2:33 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 24,015
Will a stronger antenna help or hurt?
Thanks for testing access to winegard.com.
Yesterday the roadrunner ISP tech said that the site was down, and you disproved that.
Today I got a better tech who was thorough and found that the...
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Forum: Help With Reception
29-Jun-2012, 10:23 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 24,015
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Forum: Help With Reception
29-Jun-2012, 10:19 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 24,015
7084P sounds good, but in the Los Angeles area...
7084P sounds good, but in the Los Angeles area there's a lot of low VHF which will be picked up by it. I'm wondering if that will disrupt the converters.
On the other hand the 7698P doesn't catch...
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Forum: Help With Reception
29-Jun-2012, 2:39 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 24,015
Funny! :)
When I entered "not channels...
Funny! :)
When I entered "not channels 3,6,8,10,12. no analog stations" I meant that I'm not interested in receiving these. Of course there's no antenna that will reject them!
I was hoping to...
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Forum: Help With Reception
28-Jun-2012, 7:15 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 24,015
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Forum: Help With Reception
28-Jun-2012, 5:10 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 24,015
I appreciate your previous reply. It's well...
I appreciate your previous reply. It's well reasoned and I followed up. I'm concerned about 25 degree spread of the stations; all of Mt. Wilson looks like less than 10 degrees from here. If so, then...
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Forum: Help With Reception
27-Jun-2012, 4:14 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 24,015
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Forum: Help With Reception
4-Apr-2012, 4:55 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 24,015
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Forum: Help With Reception
4-Apr-2012, 12:02 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 24,015
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Forum: Help With Reception
3-Apr-2012, 1:51 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 24,015
Will a stronger antenna help or hurt?
In the analysis
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3d267e94071d7e20
all the stations of interest to me are shown LOS from Mt. Wilson (where all the transmitters are). I...
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