Forum: Help With Reception
11-Jan-2014, 3:51 AM
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Forum: Help With Reception
8-Jan-2014, 3:47 AM
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The side with all the whiskers is the front.
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The side with all the whiskers is the front.
Yes it can make a difference on weak signals. It is technically a directional antenna and as such is designed for frontal gain and actually rejection...
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Forum: Help With Reception
31-Dec-2013, 7:17 PM
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Replies: 2
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Forum: Help With Reception
31-Dec-2013, 3:27 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 13,625
TVFool Antenna height accuracy?
Still striving for the best signals possible. In review I ran Antenna Fool at every 5' on my tower from the current 60', up and then down. Yes there was improvement at like 100' or something, but...
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Forum: Help With Reception
27-Dec-2013, 7:18 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 35,670
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Forum: Help With Reception
26-Dec-2013, 4:13 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 35,670
WDAF is in fact having issues. They were...
WDAF is in fact having issues. They were operating at half power. Currently greater than half, but definitely not full power. They continue to struggle with getting it back. It has dropped...
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Forum: Help With Reception
25-Dec-2013, 3:55 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 35,670
The Noise Margin figures are from TVFool. The...
The Noise Margin figures are from TVFool. The particulars on stations are showing what MHz they are broadcasting at. The other db figures are my ponderings as to antenna selection for my particular...
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Forum: Help With Reception
25-Dec-2013, 2:35 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 35,670
First off, Merry Christmas to all! We have our...
First off, Merry Christmas to all! We have our celebration after church on Christmas Eve. So all my girls are sleeping.
The software is found within SiliconDust HDHomerun PC Tuners. I've picked...
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Forum: Help With Reception
21-Dec-2013, 7:52 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 22,506
ChadHD, I'm currently getting the Columbia...
ChadHD, I'm currently getting the Columbia stations on the backside of my 91XG, but am 15 miles closer to Columbia/Jeff City. The DB8e has a lower front to back ratio than the 91XG. Could it be...
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Forum: Help With Reception
21-Dec-2013, 1:39 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 22,506
ChadHD, good luck, looks like you are about 18...
ChadHD, good luck, looks like you are about 18 miles NW of my location. Thanks for your input on my post, that would explain my recent issues. Only thing I might mention is with replacing a 30 yr...
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Forum: Help With Reception
21-Dec-2013, 3:30 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 35,670
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Forum: Help With Reception
21-Dec-2013, 3:13 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 35,670
Wow! Well Son of a dB!
YES I have been up...
Wow! Well Son of a dB!
YES I have been up and down over the past couple of days about 15 times. Some of that is good I guess. I just took it off of 291 degrees and put it back more to the west....
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Forum: Antennas
13-Dec-2013, 2:57 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 16,987
There is the RCA by Audiovox TVPRAMP1R, I've...
There is the RCA by Audiovox TVPRAMP1R, I've found some positive reviews elsewhere regarding overload resistance from high power local stations in line with weak stations...
So we shall hopefully...
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Forum: Help With Reception
13-Dec-2013, 2:35 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 35,670
Thanks tom... Yep, later I was like - that was...
Thanks tom... Yep, later I was like - that was silly, we are discussing magnetic north. Tower metal. Got up there yesterday and eyeballed before getting up there. And held way out to dial in. ...
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Forum: Antennas
13-Dec-2013, 3:49 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 16,987
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Forum: Help With Reception
12-Dec-2013, 11:07 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 35,670
Well a couple attempts this afternoon.
First...
Well a couple attempts this afternoon.
First back up top, compassed to as close to 290 degrees as I could muster and WDAF would not lock at all - gone. Possible the highpower PBS is overpowering...
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Forum: Help With Reception
11-Dec-2013, 3:12 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 27,979
The Pro's will be along.
To me the novice it...
The Pro's will be along.
To me the novice it seems like something is wrong in the system. With signals like that you should easily get the channels you need most likely without amplification.
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Forum: Help With Reception
8-Dec-2013, 7:33 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 12,964
Any chance your amp is dead?
Loose...
Any chance your amp is dead?
Loose connections or degraded coax somehow?
Could you take a known good lead from the antenna without the amp straight to the tv and see what you get?
Way...
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Forum: Antennas
5-Dec-2013, 10:50 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 16,987
91XG with Y10-7-13 preferred setup?
I'm upgrading my antennas and will be combining these together, hopefully providing the best of both available signals.
How far apart should I keep them? My lowest physical channel is 8 on VHF. ...
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Forum: Help With Reception
2-Dec-2013, 11:25 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 35,670
Are compasses impacted by metal buildings and...
Are compasses impacted by metal buildings and various RF type signals?
From the ground it looked like it was off 5 degrees or so. But once up on top, it seemed very close and tweaked it a degree...
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Forum: Help With Reception
2-Dec-2013, 10:13 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 35,670
Is all RG11 cable equal? I know it's not, but...
Is all RG11 cable equal? I know it's not, but what should I look for?
Can get a spool of Belden 1523A-010, Duobond RII Shielded rather cheap locally gathering dust. It's PVC coated and I do not...
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Forum: Help With Reception
1-Dec-2013, 12:54 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 35,670
Well WDAF finally kept going out on me today...
Well WDAF finally kept going out on me today during the middle of the day, which I kind of expected.
So, other stations held super strong and even the backside channels were strong enough to...
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Forum: Help With Reception
30-Nov-2013, 2:34 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 35,670
Just checking back...
Seems like I'm leaning...
Just checking back...
Seems like I'm leaning toward just adding a Y10713 with a VHF amp I have and combining signals with a UVSJ. Bunch of perplexing questions remaining, but curious as to...
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Forum: Help With Reception
30-Nov-2013, 12:05 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 35,670
OK, update. Some good, some ugly, plenty of...
OK, update. Some good, some ugly, plenty of questions. Obviously need “professional help”.
Got the big Winegard down from the top and placed on the lower level pointed for the Eastern stations....
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Forum: Help With Reception
27-Nov-2013, 1:25 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 17,805
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