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Old 9-Mar-2012, 2:53 PM   #17
MisterMe
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: USA Gulf South
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Two points:
  1. You are asking for help with reception. You should do what everyone else does. Post a request to the Help with Reception area. Include a live link to your TV Fool Radar plot rather than the picture of it.
  2. A TV antenna is an assembly or wires and rods that is designed to receive RF signals over particular bands of the RF spectrum. There is no home for ugly stepchildren who require Lo-VHF antennas. Buy the antenna that you need.
An antenna that is advertised as 2-69 is designed to receive Low-VHF. The engineers who design these antennas are not stupid. It is absurd for anyone to claim that a High-VHF antenna does a better job with Low-VHF signals than a Low-VHF antenna. That said, there are other issues. You may have multi-path reflections or your antenna may be improperly aimed.

Your Low-VHF signal is very strong. Many viewers in your situation have managed to receive these stations with paper clips, coat hangers, or aluminum foil. A UHF-only antenna will do a better job on Low-VHF than a paper clip. A High-VHF antenna will do a better job than a coat hanger.

For a strong signal situation like your RF Channel 5, you have a lot of flexibility. However, your best bet is a full-channel antenna.
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