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Reviewing 2 city solutions ... Balt & DC
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TV Fool Report: http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...8d17ddb4fdb1fc Wow ... Thanks everyone. Predictably - when I saw this Forum I said "Damn, I wish I'd seen this before I dove into this overhaul project". I've glanced at the Winegard HD 7694 on-line from your suggestions in the 12 April replys and will research the Antennacraft, Channelmaster, HBU-22 options as well. I don't know that I need to pick up DC stations as; the networks offer primarily the same content other then local news. I also see now that the Baltimore channels 11 & 13 are VHF while the other channels 45, 54 & 2 are UHF. You guys say, scrap the LAVA - "piece of @#!%$" antenna even though it has the rotor? Winegard offers a Winegard MS2000 Metrostar Omnidirectional Amplified TV Antenna that appears to address the two transmission source challenge, with out needing a rotor and picks up VHF/UHF; ... or are the antenna choices mentioned above and in the original post, more appropriate or suited to the closer & smaller directional range 4 degree heading "slice" when pointing toward the Baltimore transmission sources, that I should just eliminate multi-direction or the rotor altogether? I assume the big fat BWI International airport directly between my location and the Baltimore transmission source is just something I have to live with and no amount of "additional quality" in the antenna components will solve ghosting during peak activity times at the runways? Further, if I understand your collective comments correctly, the Baltimore transmission sources are close enough that I don't need a pre-amp ? ... because the amplified signal is amplifying the "noise" from the airport and the signal is already strong enough for those primary channels I want if dialed in that direction? Please comment. Thanks again ... Joe |
The stations from Baltimore should do well with a good outdoor antenna. The only questionable one I see is WUTB-24. MPT is on an adjacent channel & very strong.
The proximity to BWI shouldn't be an issue with a good directional antenna like the Winegard 7694. An omni antenna would likely suffer from dropouts with signals bouncing off nearby aircraft. I'm 40 miles out from Baltimore & only see an occasional glitch on 11 & 13. (UHF is unaffected) Planes from National Airport fly right in front of where the antenna is pointed.(About 2 miles out) |
OK - a fixed directional antenna oriented toward the towers in Baltimore. How about adding two more analoge TV's - one in MB - about an 80 foot run & one on the back porch - about a 50 foot run? Advice? A/B switch?
... and given the perameters - an amplifier? Thanks in advance TV Fool Report- http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...8d17ddb4fdb1fc |
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