Forum: Help With Reception
2-Dec-2015, 12:20 PM
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Forum: Help With Reception
27-Oct-2015, 12:18 PM
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Re-use Splitter ?
Link to earlier thread : http://forum.tvfool.com/showthread.php?p=53476#post53476
Yet another question to my friends the experts :)
I was wondering -- I have a left-over wide-band 4-way...
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Forum: Help With Reception
26-Oct-2015, 10:33 PM
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Replies: 8
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Well, got the mast, antenna, rotor, & pre-amp...
Well, got the mast, antenna, rotor, & pre-amp mounted on the roof -- and here is the results (oh, and I ended up mounting the pre-amp above the rotor -- I mistakenly picked up the wrong length of...
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Forum: Help With Reception
22-Oct-2015, 7:10 PM
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Replies: 8
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WHEW ! I thought this last ditch effort to...
WHEW ! I thought this last ditch effort to salvage my endeavor wasn't going to be sufficient ... again, WHEW !
As far as the rotor goes -- indeed, it is a budget AntennaCraft rotor that I just...
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Forum: Help With Reception
22-Oct-2015, 6:20 PM
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Replies: 8
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Ah, I was wrong -- I have 1 1/2" galvanized...
Ah, I was wrong -- I have 1 1/2" galvanized plumbing pipe -- the really, really thick-walled stuff -- scavenged it off my dad's house when he converted to copper water lines ---- not 1 1/4" as I...
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Forum: Help With Reception
22-Oct-2015, 12:20 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,997
Mast Mounting help ?
Well, I am about to install the giant HD8200 antenna (as per the expert recommendations of rabbit73. ADTech, and Tower Guy) at the gable end of my house, and in attempting to plan the mounting...
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Forum: Help With Reception
17-Oct-2015, 8:19 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 17,692
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Forum: Help With Reception
15-Oct-2015, 10:53 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 17,692
Rabbit, ADTech, Tower Guy --- I would like to...
Rabbit, ADTech, Tower Guy --- I would like to thank you all for your assistance.
Based upon your advice, I have made my purchases -- and for the level of system I ended up getting, I think I ended...
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Forum: Help With Reception
7-Oct-2015, 2:40 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 17,692
Yup, that verifies what I had heard reputed...
Yup, that verifies what I had heard reputed elsewhere -- the Channel master 7777 has higher gain and slightly lower noise than the 7778 (2.8 db vs. 3.0 -VHF & 2.0 db vs. 2.2 -UHF).....all things...
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Forum: Help With Reception
7-Oct-2015, 1:54 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 17,692
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Forum: Help With Reception
7-Oct-2015, 12:12 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 17,692
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Forum: Help With Reception
7-Oct-2015, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 17,692
Ahhh, that explains it. Thank you....
That...
Ahhh, that explains it. Thank you....
That said, for my purposes then, that is an non-issue given that I have no need for a dual-input pre-amp as the antenna I am tending towards is a combo...
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Forum: Help With Reception
7-Oct-2015, 11:33 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 17,692
If you don't mind my asking ---- 'different'...
If you don't mind my asking ---- 'different' doesn't always mean inferior. What is different between the old versions of the Channel Master series of Pre-Amps and the newer redesigned version of...
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Forum: Help With Reception
7-Oct-2015, 4:32 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 17,692
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Forum: Help With Reception
6-Oct-2015, 8:55 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 17,692
Rabbit --- you quoted the Wineguard HD8200U ---...
Rabbit --- you quoted the Wineguard HD8200U --- is there a difference between that antenna and the Solid Signal HD8200XL --- looks to be the same antenna for 1/2 the price..... from the same source....
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Forum: Help With Reception
6-Oct-2015, 8:18 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 17,692
Tower Guy -- Would that sub-channel of WCWN be...
Tower Guy -- Would that sub-channel of WCWN be the local affiliate WRGB ?
Reason I ask, I've been an aficionado of the local CBS News programs since Liz Bishop (and before her, Ed Dague) ... I...
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Forum: Help With Reception
6-Oct-2015, 3:22 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 17,692
Too many trees :)
Now, believe it or not, I recently purchased one of those 'el cheapo' 360 degree 'pre-amplified' chinaman antennas :
http://forum.tvfool.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1664&stc=1&d=1444144874
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Forum: Help With Reception
6-Oct-2015, 7:29 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 17,692
Antenna Recommendations ?
Greetings all ! Glad to be a member of TVFool !
I have a couple questions to pose to those far more knowledgeable than I concerning antenna recommendations (of course) and antenna grounding...
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