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Old 28-Apr-2012, 10:30 PM   #19
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I have to agree that stacking for gain will rarely make a weak signal reliable when the lone antenna can not produce enough signal to get an unreliable lock. This type of stacking rarely produces more than 2 dB additional gain.

However, the goal of stacking in this case is not to increase the gain in the direction of WNED, though that may happen. Instead, the goal is to reduce the reception of the co-channel interference ie. CITY-DT on real CH-44.

Tuning a null of 10 to 20 dB is doable with consumer grade equipment. This is roughly the amount of attenuation needed in this case.
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