Forum: Help With Reception
5-Dec-2017, 5:59 PM
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Reception will always be variable with your...
Reception will always be variable with your weakest signals and with the channels that are off-aim for your antenna.
Your goal should be for reliable reception of your strongest channels in all ...
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Forum: Help With Reception
5-Dec-2017, 3:19 PM
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Forum: Help With Reception
4-Dec-2017, 7:41 PM
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Forum: Help With Reception
4-Dec-2017, 6:56 PM
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Forum: Help With Reception
4-Dec-2017, 6:41 PM
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Forum: Help With Reception
4-Dec-2017, 2:38 AM
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That's nice, but can it do UHF and VHF with a...
That's nice, but can it do UHF and VHF with a preamp?
If your report is correct, you shouldn't be having trouble getting WTAE, even with the CM antenna and a preamp.
One disadvantage of the DB8e...
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Forum: Help With Reception
4-Dec-2017, 2:32 AM
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Forum: Help With Reception
4-Dec-2017, 2:10 AM
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Forum: Help With Reception
4-Dec-2017, 1:50 AM
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The 3414 is a good distribution amp.
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The 3414 is a good distribution amp.
Probably not.
Which 3 leads; please be more specific.
Combining two antennas with a splitter in reverse if iffy; combining 3 is even more iffy.
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Forum: Help With Reception
4-Dec-2017, 1:16 AM
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Forum: Help With Reception
3-Dec-2017, 11:09 PM
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Forum: Help With Reception
3-Dec-2017, 1:50 AM
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Forum: Help With Reception
2-Dec-2017, 6:18 PM
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Forum: Help With Reception
2-Dec-2017, 3:31 PM
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Do you need Youngstown?
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Do you need Youngstown?
http://forum.tvfool.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2988&d=1512232193
Your report at 20 feet for reference:...
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Forum: Help With Reception
2-Dec-2017, 3:21 AM
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Forum: Help With Reception
2-Dec-2017, 3:09 AM
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The 6 channels:
WTAE ABC, real channel 51,...
The 6 channels:
WTAE ABC, real channel 51, NM @ 20 ft 9.0 dB, 196 deg
WPXI NBC, 48, NM 15.1 dB, 216 deg
WPGH Fox, 43, NM 17.3 dB 218 deg
WPNT MyN/Comet, 42, NM 7.4 dB, 218 deg
WINP ION, 38, NM...
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Forum: Help With Reception
2-Dec-2017, 2:03 AM
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Forum: Help With Reception
2-Dec-2017, 2:01 AM
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I suggest it because a preamp at the Polaroid...
I suggest it because a preamp at the Polaroid antenna helps, so a preamp at the DB8e or the CM might help to make the signals stronger BEFORE they go down the coax.
The preamp can be mounted a...
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Forum: Help With Reception
2-Dec-2017, 1:47 AM
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If you are using the Polaroid antenna for UHF...
If you are using the Polaroid antenna for UHF only, and the Channel Master for VHF only, you can combine the two antennas with a UVSJ after the Polaroid power supply, but before the splitter....
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Forum: Help With Reception
2-Dec-2017, 1:12 AM
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Forum: Help With Reception
14-Sep-2017, 10:06 PM
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Can you give us a list of channels that are...
Can you give us a list of channels that are important to your wife so that we can see what direction they are in?
Here is a satellite image of your location with a 360 degree protractor to show...
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Forum: Help With Reception
14-Sep-2017, 8:34 PM
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I understand.
The change in reception could...
I understand.
The change in reception could be for more than one reason. The antenna might not be doing as well as when it was new and the trees are growing higher.
There is no need for you to...
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Forum: Help With Reception
14-Sep-2017, 7:31 PM
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Yes, but you will not like it.
The trees are...
Yes, but you will not like it.
The trees are growing.
Your antenna is very directional. If you aim it for the SW channels, the SE channels will be too weak. If you aim it for the SE channels, the...
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Forum: Help With Reception
14-Sep-2017, 2:46 PM
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Yes, that is exactly what happens.
The...
Yes, that is exactly what happens.
The tvfool software for a report doesn't know about the trees or other ground clutter; it uses changes in elevation along the signal path to predict what will...
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Forum: Help With Reception
14-Sep-2017, 12:57 AM
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