Forum: Help With Reception
22-May-2020, 3:14 AM
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Click on the link that Tim provided.
Should...
Click on the link that Tim provided.
Should take you to a page where you can put your address in. Unless you're using a smartphone and you have geolocation, then I like to click on "Get location"...
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Forum: Antennas
20-May-2020, 5:26 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 97,126
Hi Tim, that's the same instructions I saw 4...
Hi Tim, that's the same instructions I saw 4 years ago when I put my original 91XG together. They've always used the Terrestrial Digital name on those instructions.
I have had some contact with...
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Forum: Antennas
20-May-2020, 1:34 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 97,126
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Forum: Antennas
16-May-2020, 7:12 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 96,639
Project braced.
One more, before she goes up in the air, today!!
http://forum.tvfool.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3754&stc=1&d=1589656098
Hey, you guys ! I over calculated the boom length. There is an extra...
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Forum: Antennas
16-May-2020, 3:42 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 97,126
Two 91 XGs different results. Baffled!
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Well, I got the brand new Balun from Antennas Direct yesterday. No change, the patterns were about the same. I swapped coax cables no change. I put the old 91XG balun on the new 91XG and that...
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Forum: Help With Reception
15-May-2020, 5:07 PM
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Replies: 55
Views: 317,826
Thanks for the follow up
Thanks for the follow up! Sounds like you benefitted from the re-pack, I'm worried about multi path here as it seems the Chicago market has all the stations packed together
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Forum: Antennas
15-May-2020, 1:40 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 96,639
VHF super-long yagi
Triple O and Tim and whoever else is following this with interest. We had the best weather yesterday after the storms went through. However it wasn't the end of the rains but I had a full three or...
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Forum: Antennas
15-May-2020, 1:08 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 97,126
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Forum: Antennas
14-May-2020, 6:25 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 97,126
Spectrograms old 91XG versus new 91XG
So, Just for the hell of it, I combined the two and scanned. Later I came home and rescanned. So, having two unevenly matched antenna is detrimental, and it appears that a clear sunny sky is better...
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Forum: Antennas
14-May-2020, 4:29 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 97,126
Balun Photo
Balun photos... at first they didn't show, do they show now?
http://forum.tvfool.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3735&stc=1&d=1589548339
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Forum: Antennas
14-May-2020, 1:06 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 97,126
Some updated testing results.
I tested my older XG91 vs. my HDB91X. I wish I would have compared it to my newer XG 91.
http://forum.tvfool.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3719&d=1589461345
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Forum: Antennas
12-May-2020, 4:55 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 97,126
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Forum: Help With Reception
10-May-2020, 12:16 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 60,915
Thanks Davodavo!
Well, it's interesting the...
Thanks Davodavo!
Well, it's interesting the amount of information that can be found if you're willing to dig. Different search words etcetera.
Thanks for providing that information.,...
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Forum: Help With Reception
10-May-2020, 11:31 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 23,816
Did you have a CM4VJ ?
Thanks for your follow-up, I kind of missed your reception question but it seems like you got it solved rather quickly.
So you must have had the C4MVJ antenna which is a version of the C4MAX. It...
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Forum: Antennas
10-May-2020, 11:14 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 96,639
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Forum: Help With Reception
9-May-2020, 10:37 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 20,188
Hi Rabbit !
Very cool of you to stop by The Forum and say hello and help this gentleman. As usual you have offered Sound Advice. It's quite the shame that this forum is dying off. And it's been a slow, slow...
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Forum: Antennas
8-May-2020, 4:22 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 96,639
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Forum: Antennas
28-Apr-2020, 4:23 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 55,440
Antenna spotting in Kenosha # 10
So, there's a lot of these combination of antennas in Kenosha. I'm 100% sure they are pre cable TV and probably were installed in the 60s and the 70s .
I believe that they are truly...
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Forum: Antennas
24-Apr-2020, 8:38 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 96,639
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Forum: Antennas
24-Apr-2020, 3:44 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 96,639
Thank you again Tim.
So, because I would...
Thank you again Tim.
So, because I would have to start completely over to build a log periodic it looks like I probably won't do that right now. I guess I would be a project for another day.
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Forum: Antennas
23-Apr-2020, 12:01 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 96,639
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Forum: Antennas
22-Apr-2020, 10:49 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 96,639
220 Mhz
Frequency : 220 MHz
Wavelength : 1364 mm
Rod Diameter : 10 mm
Boom Diameter : 18 mm
Boom Length : 6068 mm
d/lambda : 0.007 ( min.: 0.002 , max.: 0.01 )
D/lambda ...
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Forum: Antennas
22-Apr-2020, 10:48 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 96,639
183 MHz
Frequency : 183 MHz
Wavelength : 1639 mm
Rod Diameter : 10 mm
Boom Diameter : 18 mm
Boom Length : 7290 mm
d/lambda : 0.006 ( min.: 0.002 , max.: 0.01 )
D/lambda ...
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Forum: Antennas
22-Apr-2020, 9:57 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 96,639
Good info.
Hi Tim,
Thanks for the information.
Not specifically RF 8 that I'm after, it's just a transmitter I am using to measure my results. One reason is it is at least 49 miles away and makes it a far...
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Forum: Antennas
22-Apr-2020, 11:36 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 96,639
16 Director Mod
After disappointing results adding four elements on to the existing factory antenna (Mod 1), I figured it was time to go for broke. I was already geared up to go further anyhow.
Mod 2. I...
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