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Old 19-Jan-2010, 3:25 PM   #6
mtownsend
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Which channel is breaking up? (If you can provide a link to your tvfool report, we will have a better understanding of your signal situation)

As for aiming the antenna, you can start with a compass and then try different 5 or 10 degree increments to look for improvement. The antenna beam width is pretty wide to begin with (probably about 30 degrees across), so sweeping across a 90 degree sector ought to give you an idea of where the center of the sweet spot is.

If you have missing channels that don't show up at all, then look for other channel transmitting from the same tower that you do get. If the other channels are aimed correctly, then it's probably about as good as you'll get for the missing channel.

If you're trying to get channels that are outside the main beam of the antenna, it might be more difficult. If the desired transmitter clusters are within 30 degrees of each other, you might be lucky enough to get all of them to fit in the antenna's beam pattern. If not, then you'll either need to deal with an antenna rotator, an A-B switch, or think about combining multiple antennas.
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