Forum: Help With Reception
15-Jan-2017, 2:09 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 19,676
Overload can happen when a preamp makes an...
Overload can happen when a preamp makes an already strong station too strong.
Since the AGC in the TV will then reduce its rf gain to try and compensate, weaker stations may dissapear.
If the...
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Forum: Help With Reception
14-Jan-2017, 6:13 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 19,676
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Forum: Help With Reception
14-Jan-2017, 4:58 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 24,605
The 8 bay bowtie design of the db8e has much...
The 8 bay bowtie design of the db8e has much greater performance than the stacker on uhf and yes, any combo antenna is a compromise.
Size matters on antennas and the DB8e is the largest capture...
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Forum: Help With Reception
14-Jan-2017, 3:32 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 20,143
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Forum: Help With Reception
14-Jan-2017, 3:16 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 24,605
The 200 ft of coax is a signal killer.
First...
The 200 ft of coax is a signal killer.
First you must use SOLID copper center conductor coax that has a heavy gauge braid as well.
Copper plated steel center conductors and aluminum foil...
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Forum: Help With Reception
12-Jan-2017, 10:29 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 20,143
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Forum: Help With Reception
11-Jan-2017, 9:35 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 13,579
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Forum: Help With Reception
8-Jan-2017, 10:47 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 24,621
The GE looks like a unamplified set of rabbit...
The GE looks like a unamplified set of rabbit ears so I would expect that to work for one TV if the antenna is near a window and you get it adjusted right.
Due to reflections and near field...
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Forum: Help With Reception
7-Jan-2017, 1:16 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 15,834
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Forum: Help With Reception
7-Jan-2017, 1:08 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 13,153
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Forum: Help With Reception
4-Jan-2017, 10:29 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 58,120
Lots of good suggestions.
The only thing I...
Lots of good suggestions.
The only thing I might add is the following.
Remove all the outdoor connections and carefully examine the center conductors and dielectric foam for any corrosion or...
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Forum: Help With Reception
1-Jan-2017, 10:56 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 29,967
The trouble with high gain vhf antennas is that...
The trouble with high gain vhf antennas is that they also make all the FM radio stations, police, fire, ambulance, aircraft, paging systems, and Weather stations stronger as well.
This can desense...
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Forum: Digital TV and Mobile DTV
30-Dec-2016, 12:27 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 57,166
Excellent information and from what I've seen,...
Excellent information and from what I've seen, they look like they work well and I sure wish I had a tablet that could support it
I bought 2 of them a few months back and couldnt make either one...
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Forum: Enthusiast's Exchange
27-Dec-2016, 7:01 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 924,624
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Forum: Help With Reception
25-Dec-2016, 6:42 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 20,791
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Forum: Help With Reception
23-Dec-2016, 5:24 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 20,791
Virtually anything electrical can cause...
Virtually anything electrical can cause interference but what RF channel specifically is being impacted?
What kind of antenna are you using?
Have you tried moving the antenna to get a stronger...
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Forum: Help With Reception
22-Dec-2016, 12:32 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 13,954
Keep in mind that amplifiers can and will also...
Keep in mind that amplifiers can and will also amplify interference.
Decades ago I would ALWAYS install a preamp on antenna installs but back then there were very few sources of interference.
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Forum: Help With Reception
19-Dec-2016, 6:29 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 41,569
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Forum: Help With Reception
18-Dec-2016, 9:15 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 41,569
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Forum: Help With Reception
18-Dec-2016, 9:05 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 59,594
overloaded preamp and or tv
Got to agree on the overload problem
The 7777 is for extreme fringe areas so the 7778 would have been a better choice
30 db gain is far too much gain for most installs and the 8200 is also for...
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Forum: Enthusiast's Exchange
17-Dec-2016, 1:50 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 924,624
Sorry, just now looked at this thread again
...
Sorry, just now looked at this thread again
You can simply take two high gain antennas and connect them together with a short jumper
Aim one toward the broadcast towers and the other one toward...
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Forum: Help With Reception
16-Dec-2016, 12:00 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 16,353
RF alley
Yours is one of the FEW locations where those as seen on TV stick antennas will actually work LOL
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Forum: Help With Reception
15-Dec-2016, 9:35 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 16,353
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Forum: Help With Reception
15-Dec-2016, 3:44 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 20,396
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Forum: Help With Reception
14-Dec-2016, 10:28 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 67,891
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