Forum: Antennas
28-Apr-2024, 11:48 PM
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AntennaCraft HBU55 gain specifications?
I know, I know...it's been forever since they went out of business.
But I'm hoping somebody here has a pointer to gain specs for the HBU55...I'm particularly interested in how bad its low-VHF...
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Forum: Help With Reception
7-Jul-2020, 9:33 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 53,589
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Forum: Digital TV and Mobile DTV
7-Jul-2020, 9:07 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 41,524
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Forum: Digital TV and Mobile DTV
7-Jul-2020, 9:02 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 41,524
This info from...
This info from https://larrykenney.com/sfonair.html
which appears to get its info directly from FCC database.
Each of the stations has its own callsign. By callsign, I mean the characters that...
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Forum: Digital TV and Mobile DTV
29-May-2020, 1:18 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 41,524
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Forum: Digital TV and Mobile DTV
29-May-2020, 1:13 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 16,228
Do solar panels decrease antenna performance?
Hi.
I live in a deep-fringe area (nearest real station is 70 miles) and I put a really nice antenna into the attic (built it in before the ceiling plasterboard was put in...can't change it now...). ...
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Forum: Antennas
25-May-2020, 12:13 AM
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Replies: 121
Views: 825,673
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Forum: Help With Reception
14-Apr-2020, 11:01 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 45,910
Those "wings" -- and which way they should point..
I have a newer AntennaCraft beast (made just before RS went under) and I had the same issue with those "wings". All the info around made it clear that they should be parallel with the main boom ......
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Forum: Antennas
30-Mar-2020, 5:52 PM
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Replies: 121
Views: 825,673
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Forum: Antennas
13-Feb-2018, 2:40 PM
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Replies: 121
Views: 825,673
Thanks for the tips, and the reference to the...
Thanks for the tips, and the reference to the antenna book! Seems like all of its characterizations are for transmission...but they should apply reflexively to reception.
I'll give the stacked...
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Forum: Antennas
12-Feb-2018, 5:05 PM
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Replies: 121
Views: 825,673
Big dish on tower
Wow, well if you've got a 3000 lb+ foundation that's cool.
I'm not sure how you're going to get the dish very far up in the air--you'll need to set up some sort of winch system or use a very tall...
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Forum: Antennas
11-Feb-2018, 9:30 PM
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Replies: 121
Views: 825,673
First Impressions with 10 foot parabolic antenna
So, the first thing you have to realize is that the 10' C-band antennas are pretty solid, heavy and with a fair degree of wind resistance. As the reflecting surface is typically expanded metal with 2...
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Forum: Antennas
21-Jan-2018, 7:52 PM
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Replies: 121
Views: 825,673
Situation: 70-120 miles away from some very big...
Situation: 70-120 miles away from some very big signals (1 MW), but almost nothing less than 30 miles away. Everything is UHF except VHF 7 and 11.
Goal: Grab every signal I can; currently at about...
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Forum: TV Fool Discussion / Database Updates
12-Dec-2016, 12:52 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 58,628
Signal analysis: I'm missing something jere
Thanks, Rabbit, for running the other simulation software, and for the clarifying explanation. Yes, my antenna is no more than 15 feet above the ground. The XYL won't allow a tower...so can't...
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Forum: TV Fool Discussion / Database Updates
10-Dec-2016, 7:03 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 58,628
Signal analysis: I'm missing something jere
Thanks so much for your reply.
Well, I do have a Kitz preamp that advertises a lower noise figure and nominally higher gain...but the CM actually pulls in more stations when I do an A/B...
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Forum: TV Fool Discussion / Database Updates
8-Dec-2016, 1:07 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 58,628
Signal analysis: I'm missing something here
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3ddfaf1406db412d
I live in a deep fringe area (literally, no transmitters of any kind above 1 kW within 30 miles) and have a nice setup...
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Forum: Antennas
6-Dec-2016, 6:03 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 17,471
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Forum: Antennas
6-Dec-2016, 5:51 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 25,329
My amp results/comparison
I own both the KT500 and the Channel Master 7777, plus a couple of other "high gain" amps from Radio Shack and no-name-Chinese mfr. I have no way of calibrating the actual gain and noise levels...
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Forum: Antennas
6-Dec-2016, 5:37 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 13,638
Baluns & antenna combiners: insertion loss?
I live in a deep fringe area and have a pair of identical UHF/VHF combo Yagis properly stacked. When I first hooked them up, I didn't have an antenna combining balun, so I just wired them in parallel...
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