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I'm also planning to "temp" the masts in place until I'm done tweaking and happy with signal, JIC I need to shift them around a bit
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good idea
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What's your best recommendation for antennas given our discussion to "get something up there"?
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If you want to start with one antenna up there in descending order:
C2, will give you local UHF but maybe not 7
C2V, will give you local UHF and 7
RCA ANT751, will give you local UHF and 7
7694, will give you local UHF and 7; maybe 9 if aimed that way (if you are only going to use it for VHF it might be possible to remove corner reflector and UHF directors to make it smaller in attic, which would turn it into a VHF only antenna)
C5, will only give you VHF, so you don't want to start with it
DB8E, will only give you UHF, so you don't want to start with it; as you said narrow beamwidth. Aiming panels in different directions doesn't always work.
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On the VHF side, I'm favoring the CS5.....I also value my time being spent in a hot attic.....antenna is going to have to be mounted fairly low in order for me to get the clearance
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understood
It's your project; you must make the final decision.