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Originally Posted by rabbit73
Indeed!
Were you using a preamp when you got good reception inside?
Were you using a preamp for that test?
Were you using a preamp for that test?
That is to be expected; the 30-2476 has little UHF gain.
Pun allowed; at least you haven't completely lost your sense of humor.
It doesn't make sense; something is missing.
Why would a UHF antenna inside pick up a VHF signal that a VHF antenna outside can't?
That doesn't compute.
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All the inside measurements were done without the benefit of an amplifier. The Winegard LN200 that I use is outside on the mast, so all outdoor measurements are done with the preamp. That said I see little or no improvement with the preamp. I put some half inch wire mesh behind the bowtie to join the reflectors together and that might make a tiny improvement perhaps from 52 to 54 signal level.
I have found that the closet, which is behind the TV in the earlier photo, is a good place for the 8-bay as long as it is against the outside wall, essentially adjacent to where I placed it in the measurements in the last message. This will be acceptable as it is entirely out of sight. I am tempted to place the bowtie outside but against that same position which works indoors to "see what happens", but the last time I moved outside it did not go well.
One option to consider (only because I am a glutton for punishment) is to get another bowtie for outside to get the few missing stations (PBS, #24). However since I am getting reception across the VHF/UHF bands indoors, I fear that there may be a conflict trying to simply combine them. Is that correct?
Otherwise, perhaps building a UHF and a high VHF Hoverman type antenna (they're nice and flat) might be an approach.
I too am baffled by the VHF signal with the bowtie; unless theweather or some other variable emerges as the improvement I'm going to just take it.
The one thing I will try out on the Stellar antenna is to see if I can get PBS, #24 as I did get it with the RCA 751, even at a lower altitude. There I used a camera tripod to mount the antenna and simply rotated it until the signal was maximized.