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Originally Posted by teleview
Those antenna haters are something when their true feelings come out..
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haha, perhaps you mistake passion for hate.
I love antennas. The fact that you can pull a signal out of thin air with an aluminum stick is one of the more fascinating aspects of electronics.
However, as an engineer, I'm looking for a solution. I suppose if there is something I do hate, it's an
unnecessarily expensive, heavy, large, and complicated solution. If you can meet your db gain requirements with less, why invite the complications of more (and yes, there are always complications).
I understand the reticence over a VHF add-on dipole, but consider this.
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...990027c93c8ecd
and the associated image below.
That's a 2Edge, 97 mile, 3.2NM signal which is entirely watchable with the dipole The original poster's toughest VHF station is LOS, 42 mile, 27.7NM. I think there's ample room for friendly disagreement on this one.