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Old 4-Sep-2013, 3:17 AM   #4
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I would certainly expect a reflector to make the antenna more directional and improve the UHF gain to the front. The only way to know for sure whether adding a reflector might help H-VHF reception is to try.

An Antennacraft HBU-11 or HBU-22 is not very directional, The H-VHF forward beam-width of the HBU-22 is spec'd at 62.5° and the UHF spec is 46.8°. If needed, roof mounting a small antenna like that can be pretty in-obtrusive.

I know I've stood on the soap box already, but I doubt that RS amp is helping enough to overcome it's own internally generated noise.
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