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Hello fellow Albany station watcher...I'm in the Glens Falls area and enjoy all the Albany stations at 53 miles out....
The YA-1713 is often recommended here, and elsewhere....I would say that would be a good choice...
Spacing for the 2 antennas (you've mentioned) vertically would be a half wave of the lowest channel to be received, RF channel 7 (middle of channel 7 is 177 mega hertz)
So spacing would be 2 feet, 7 3/4 inches (or greater), antenna boom to antenna boom.....
If you have to go side by side, a full wave length space is needed, 5 foot, 3 1/2 inches (or greater), mast to mast....
I would advise getting a UVSJ combiner (google it) to join the signals of the 2 antennas...this is very important.....
Hope that helps...I receive WXXA at a 72% signal strength, you should be ok at your distance....you may also find WNYT 13.1 (RF 12) and WNYA 51.1 (RF 13) once the VHF antenna is online, and maybe WVER 28.1 (RF 9) out of Rutland if you get real lucky....
Have fun!
Last edited by kb2fzq; 8-Aug-2010 at 9:24 AM.
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