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Old 7-Jan-2015, 12:10 AM   #4
davidgcet
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Thanks for the reply. As far as mounting the antennas to the tower I have plenty of stand off brackets that provide a 2" pipe up to 48" off the leg so no problem there. If they will hold up a 28' 80# 12db gain 800 MHz antenna then they will do fine for light weight TV antennas. I plan on putting these a few feet above my ridge line to limit torqueing the tower in winds. out the top would be ideal for longer distance, but it would cause reflections on my wireless internet and thus not worth the costs to fight that battle!

Thanks for the recommendations on antennas, I've never fooled with OTA beyond rabbit ears. I just want a general idea of any to definitely stay away from and any that may be better to look at. I was looking at the db8e or 4e. Would the 8e work to split one towards 256 and one toward the 155? That would save me putting 2 UHF antennas up if so. If that is not recommended, then is there a downside to going with the cheaper DB8? If I do go with multiple UHF antennas, what combiner do most folks use? The ones I see are generally UHF/VHF combiners, I have not run across a UHF/UHF though honestly have not looked much.

The only VHf stations I might want are WJTV at 155 and KNOE at 218 IF that one would come in. So I may just go with a UHF setup for now and then add later if I want more??
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