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Old 18-Mar-2015, 4:59 PM   #2
GroundUrMast
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A premium solution such as the Antennas Direct DB8E gives you the most opportunity to receive all of the Vancouver, Victoria and Orcas Island signals. Unfortunately, it retails at about three times your budget.

The Antennacraft U4000 is likely going away due to the Radio Shack / Antennacraft bankruptcy but I still see it for sale through Amazon for about $40 US. This is still a decent option, though finding a single aim point that provides satisfactory results for all available signals will be more challenging than with the more capable DB8E.

If you go with the U4000,start with the antenna facing west... Then fine tune the aim to give the best overall result.

Test reception at the proposed installation location before drilling any holes.
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If the well is dry and you don't see rain on the horizon, you'll need to dig the hole deeper. (If the antenna can't get the job done, an amp won't fix it.)

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