Been basically a couple of years as I struggled with reception. Tons of help here to get me up and running.
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Then my problem station 34 - WDAF went and stayed to half power.
Original setup was Winegards headed in two directions with Winegard amps and a combiner. As we know, that did not work out so well.
That was on a 50' Rohn 25 (bracketed about 15' - 35' free), with some wireless internet goodies as well. This did not get it done, tried a 91XG and Y10-7-13 also with improved but not perfect results. Then went 60' and it was better, never did get the VHF to work well used RCA amp with dual inputs.
From there it was off to big help custom building an antenna. (4nec program - check out the digitalhome site for assistance - this will take months). Here is a computer look at the Gray Hoverman 10 via nikiml's site.
Paired with a Kitztech prototype KT-500 variable low noise amp got my UHF at 95%, but backside was not always perfect and sometimes WDAF would drop. Not acceptable - football games missed. Here I was doing some testing on the house before swapping it out.
Much improved but not perfect - work with nikiml and model a new prototype Double Bay GH 20. This took months running 24hrs a day on an i7 Quad core computer. That is a commercial door that is 3' x 8'.
My antenna and tower survived some serious winds. Here is part of my yard. There is no way my tower should have survived especially if I had the above monster up there.
So... significant upgrades needed. next post