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Originally Posted by Billiam
Go with the Antennacraft Y10-7-13 instead of the Winegard Y1713. I set up both on the same mast at the same spot and the Antennacraft was able to get a lock on a very weak Ch. 7 while the Winegard could not. Someone actually modeled these antennas on another board and his spectrum analyzer photos showed the Antennacraft antenna has a solid 2 db higher gain across the entire VHF hi spectrum. Bottom line. If you need more gain then go with the Antennacraft antenna.
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And another possible reason to consider the Antennacraft is, it has a balanced 300Ω output (no integral matching transformer / balun) which makes it a better candidate for use in a low loss stacking arrangement where 450Ω open wire or ladder line is used as the phasing harness. Something one may consider doing if getting deep into the DXing hobby or if trying to make a difficult signal more reliable. http://forum.tvfool.com/showthread.php?t=1024
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If the well is dry and you don't see rain on the horizon, you'll need to dig the hole deeper. (If the antenna can't get the job done, an amp won't fix it.)
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