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Forum: Help With Reception 5-Apr-2019, 1:55 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 55,373
Posted By rickbb
Based on your plot I'd try a 4 bay with no...

Based on your plot I'd try a 4 bay with no reflector and no amp.

Most of your towers are SSE and a few almost 180 degrees from them. With no reflector and aiming at the towers to your south,...
Forum: Help With Reception 2-Apr-2019, 1:21 PM
Replies: 84
Views: 224,956
Posted By rickbb
Sorry, just saw this. I make my own based on...

Sorry, just saw this. I make my own based on MCLAPPS design. They seem to work very well for me. I have 4 or 5 around town I've made for family and friends.
Forum: Help With Reception 1-Apr-2019, 2:45 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 104,071
Posted By rickbb
You can also put one in the top of one of the...

You can also put one in the top of one of the trees. Provided you can safely get to the top of one.


Look around with a compass, try for a spot that "sees" the towers with the fewest trees in...
Forum: Help With Reception 12-Mar-2019, 3:00 PM
Replies: 84
Views: 224,956
Posted By rickbb
I have a 4 bay with no reflector and receive...

I have a 4 bay with no reflector and receive excellent reception from front and back. Back tower is appx 45 miles out and front towers are appx 60 miles out.

I even turned it slightly off line and...
Forum: Help With Reception 8-Mar-2019, 6:28 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 39,522
Posted By rickbb
I'm just up the road from you in Elon. I get...

I'm just up the road from you in Elon. I get channels just fine from Winston/Greensboro market and the Raleigh/Durham markets with a bow tie style antenna with no reflector on it.

Rabbits advise...
Forum: Help With Reception 1-Mar-2019, 1:17 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 18,025
Posted By rickbb
I had a TV at the end of a long run like yours,...

I had a TV at the end of a long run like yours, and added a Wineguard amp that was adjustable, I'm at work now or I'd get you the exact model. I think it was a LNA200, but not sure. It helped in that...
Forum: Help With Reception 18-Feb-2019, 2:11 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 21,061
Posted By rickbb
Any reason you can't go to a roof mount?

Any reason you can't go to a roof mount?
Forum: Help With Reception 11-Feb-2019, 5:22 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 21,061
Posted By rickbb
You have 2 issues to deal with before trying...

You have 2 issues to deal with before trying different antennas.

1. You have channels from all 4 points of the compass to deal with. Any directional antenna will not get them all. Unless you use a...
Forum: Help With Reception 7-Jan-2019, 3:06 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 23,876
Posted By rickbb
The outside cell antenna transmits and receives...

The outside cell antenna transmits and receives but is highly directional. You aim it directly at the nearest cell tower. Some I've seen also have reflectors/shielding on the back side.

You may...
Forum: Antennas 21-Dec-2018, 6:07 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 19,164
Posted By rickbb
Folded dipole calculator

I know most of you won't need this, but I ran across a neat online calculator for anyone looking to build a folded dipole antenna. It makes it simple for us math challenged DIY guys.

I'm going to...
Forum: Help With Reception 21-Dec-2018, 3:37 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 18,622
Posted By rickbb
I agree with JR, you're going to have to work...

I agree with JR, you're going to have to work hard and have some luck getting all 4.

Roof mounted as high as you can with no trees or building in the path to the towers will help. But it's still...
Forum: Help With Reception 29-Nov-2018, 1:08 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 21,112
Posted By rickbb
Based on that report you don't need an amp at...

Based on that report you don't need an amp at all.

You are probably over driving the receiver and it thinks all it's seeing is noise and shutting off the channel.
Forum: Help With Reception 19-Nov-2018, 6:12 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 31,199
Posted By rickbb
I like to get on the roof with a small TV or use...

I like to get on the roof with a small TV or use my laptop with a USB tuner in it. Works really well for fine tuning the direction and angle if needed. Takes out all the losses from long cable runs,...
Forum: Help With Reception 8-Nov-2018, 8:57 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 31,199
Posted By rickbb
MAGN stands for Magnetic North. That's where your...

MAGN stands for Magnetic North. That's where your compass will point to. You can use that to aim your antenna.

True north is not the same. True north is what is shown on maps, so you have to...
Forum: Special Topics 26-Oct-2018, 5:57 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 86,997
Posted By rickbb
Yes it's more, how much I don't really know. But...

Yes it's more, how much I don't really know. But the older beam styles were flat and thin as far as wind goes, the bow tie styles, (like the DB8), are like a sail on a boat sticking up against the...
Forum: Help With Reception 26-Oct-2018, 5:50 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 43,768
Posted By rickbb
If it fits well you can add it to an existing...

If it fits well you can add it to an existing split bolt. Key is a good solid connection.
Forum: Help With Reception 22-Oct-2018, 8:41 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 43,768
Posted By rickbb
For the mast you don't need the coupler like is...

For the mast you don't need the coupler like is used on coax, just the split bolt to clamp it to the ground wire going to the rod.

Mount it below all that other stuff, just wire to wire.
Forum: Help With Reception 27-Sep-2018, 8:45 PM
Replies: 106
Views: 606,282
Posted By rickbb
Last year we lost the local CBS station, (WFMY...

Last year we lost the local CBS station, (WFMY Greensboro NC), their tower took a direct lighting strike. Cable, Sat and internet was still was online, but us OTA guys had to wait weeks for them to...
Forum: Help With Reception 27-Sep-2018, 8:37 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 28,477
Posted By rickbb
You can over amplify a signal with an amp and...

You can over amplify a signal with an amp and cause problems but I doubt you can put up an antenna with too much gain.

I mean it can be done I guess, but not by using off the shelf consumer...
Forum: Help With Reception 12-Jul-2018, 8:48 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 65,220
Posted By rickbb
Or you could buy a large high gain antenna like...

Or you could buy a large high gain antenna like the DB8e.
Forum: Help With Reception 25-May-2018, 2:18 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 29,701
Posted By rickbb
Did you remove the reflector to allow for...

Did you remove the reflector to allow for reception from the back? If not that may help improve rear reception, but may lower front side gain.

With a 60 degree beam width I have my 4bay aimed...
Forum: Help With Reception 21-Mar-2018, 7:21 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 17,457
Posted By rickbb
Yep, a different antenna in the same location...

Yep, a different antenna in the same location will yield the same results.

You have 2 options, cut the trees, or move the antenna out of their blockage path.

Higher, left, right or rarely...
Forum: Help With Reception 23-Feb-2018, 5:40 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 39,877
Posted By rickbb
I'd eave mount it at the peak, ON THE OTHER SIDE...

I'd eave mount it at the peak, ON THE OTHER SIDE of the house. Put it up high enough to "see" over the house but low enough that you won't see it from the drive way side, which I assume is the front...
Forum: Help With Reception 9-Feb-2018, 6:25 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 47,904
Posted By rickbb
A real compass is cheap, even one that can be...

A real compass is cheap, even one that can be adjusted to read "true" north instead of magnetic. I recommend getting one.

I vote for a aiming or blockage issue, that 8 bay is one of, if not the,...
Forum: Special Topics 6-Feb-2018, 2:10 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 104,883
Posted By rickbb
No, aluminum is very difficult to weld and cast...

No, aluminum is very difficult to weld and cast is nearly impossible to weld.
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