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Old 17-Oct-2015, 10:29 PM   #5
rabbit73
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With the DB4, would I be able to point one of the bow ties toward Tallahassee and one toward Panama City?
No, don't try to separate them, they need to work together for max gain.

I don't think I can guarantee reliable reception of WECP; it would be an experiment. At the very least it would require a separate high gain antenna, preamp, and feedline, aimed at 292 degrees magnetic. Two UHF antennas are not easily combined, so you would need an A/B switch to select which antenna to use, or connect it to a separate TV or tuner and connect the output of the tuner to the aux input of the TV.

WFXL is even less possible because it is a Tropo signal, but to its advantage it is a VHF-High signal which can travel over difficult terrain more easily than UHF signals and its antenna can be combined with your UHF antenna with a UVSJ.

To be frank, your expectations would be difficult meet because those two signals are very weak, and of poor quality. Another problem is that a high gain preamp would be needed for them which would be vulnerable to overload from your much stronger local signals.
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