Forum: Help With Reception
14-Jun-2020, 3:19 PM
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Thanks for the additional information. I am not...
Thanks for the additional information. I am not familiar with the Homeworx HW130STB tuner that you plan to use. I wonder if you have to rescan the channels each time you change antenna directions?
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Forum: Help With Reception
13-Jun-2020, 10:53 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 684,611
Looking at your RabbitEars report for the...
Looking at your RabbitEars report for the coordinates you gave shows two VHF-Hi stations almost due north of you and about 2-1/2 miles away.
And a bunch of UHF stations about 20 miles away...
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Forum: Antennas
10-Jun-2020, 4:40 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 296,874
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Forum: Antennas
5-Jun-2020, 3:40 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 99,669
Actually, yes I did. As you will note, my...
Actually, yes I did. As you will note, my hamfisted approach to opening the balun resulted in a broken PC board. The PC board itself looked in good condition (except for the break-LOL!) The coaxial...
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Forum: Help With Reception
5-Jun-2020, 2:18 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 23,960
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Forum: Help With Reception
4-Jun-2020, 1:08 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 23,960
The Winegard antenna won't pull in Low VHF...
The Winegard antenna won't pull in Low VHF channels--do you have any stations in your area broadcasting on channels 3, 4, 5 or 6?
It looks like you are in the Sevierville area...do you want to...
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Forum: Antennas
3-Jun-2020, 3:17 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 99,669
Well, I finally got around to installing the...
Well, I finally got around to installing the replacement balun that Antennas Direct sent me back in 2015 and all is back to normal with my UHF channels. As ADTech surmised the original balun did not...
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Forum: Help With Reception
29-May-2020, 4:57 PM
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Replies: 2
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It looks like DaveBB is located in Lavonia, GA...
It looks like DaveBB is located in Lavonia, GA which is in a mountainous region in the far northeastern part of the state so his results are going to depend very much on his actual location. There...
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Forum: Help With Reception
26-May-2020, 3:41 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 20,695
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Forum: Help With Reception
23-May-2020, 2:16 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 17,870
To generate a RabbitEars report go to...
To generate a RabbitEars report go to https://www.rabbitears.info/searchmap.php
Enter your street address, city, state and zip in the box where it says "Enter location" and then press search.
A...
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Forum: Help With Reception
23-May-2020, 2:07 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 17,870
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Forum: Help With Reception
22-May-2020, 1:43 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 20,695
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Forum: Antennas
20-May-2020, 4:35 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 99,669
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Forum: Antennas
19-May-2020, 10:04 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 99,669
Tell me of the "hi performance mode" you speak...
Tell me of the "hi performance mode" you speak of. I am not familiar.
By the way, that photo of you standing on top of the very tall stepladder on top of your roof just scares the crap out of me!...
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Forum: Antennas
15-May-2020, 5:09 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 99,669
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Forum: Antennas
15-May-2020, 5:08 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 99,641
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Forum: Antennas
15-May-2020, 1:11 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 99,669
Funny that this thread resurrected itself. To...
Funny that this thread resurrected itself. To follow up on my original post, I received the new balun from Antennas Direct in Jan 2015, but never got around to installing it. The water intrusion in...
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Forum: Antennas
10-May-2020, 4:28 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 99,641
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Forum: Antennas
9-May-2020, 6:31 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 99,641
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Forum: Antennas
24-Apr-2020, 5:34 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 99,641
Well, that is a question that is beyond my...
Well, that is a question that is beyond my abilities to answer. My VHF antenna experience has been with ham radio antennas where the entire band is only 4 to 5 MHz wide. Narrowband Yagis are widely...
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Forum: Antennas
24-Apr-2020, 2:17 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 99,641
Unfortunately you can't with that particular...
Unfortunately you can't with that particular calculator. For channels 7 to 13 you'll need to cover a range from 174 to 216 MHz which is probably not possible with a Yagi (that I am aware of).
You...
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Forum: Antennas
23-Apr-2020, 2:48 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 99,641
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Forum: Antennas
22-Apr-2020, 5:50 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 99,641
You might want to use a Yagi calculator such as...
You might want to use a Yagi calculator such as the one below to give you some ideas. Normally each director (also known as parasitic) element of a Yagi antenna will decrease in length the further it...
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Forum: Antennas
18-Apr-2020, 12:31 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 71,871
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Forum: Help With Reception
30-Mar-2020, 2:14 AM
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Replies: 16
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