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Old 10-Oct-2012, 5:55 AM   #13
GroundUrMast
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Just to catch back up....

Are you able to manually tune to a real channel and view some sort of signal meter function?
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Originally Posted by guido_groundplane View Post
Sorry I went off the air for a few months. Only pushed the last 9' of mast up recently, no joy with Channel 8 despite the extra height and addition of an amplifier. So the VHF antenna is just a roof decoration for now.

For UHF I've got an 8 bay "flat screen", and one that looks like an arrow pointing away with the transmitter, a "Diamond Quantun 4248, both from ChannelMaster. Each connected to its own channel converter. I need now to move those two to my main mast.

Wondering if there'd be any point in aiming one at 36/35/50/48 and one at 27/19/38 ? If yes, which to point in which direction, of the two I already have ?

Thanks,

"GG"
Are you thinking of combining the two UHF antennas into a single down-lead? If so, you'll almost certainly need a rather complex and expensive tuned combiner network custom built. I would try a single UHF antenna to see if all of the signals you've listed can be received with far less complexity.
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