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Originally Posted by Tigerbangs
I think that the message from David here is that neither he nor I is fond of the MANT 940, especially for VHF use. Since you have that terrific tower attached to your house, we'd love to see you take advantage of what it can do for you. David is definitely on the right track with his advice...and the altitude that the tower will give you is a terrific advantage that we'd hate to see you waste!
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The only redeeming quality of the MANT 940 in this case was its near-omnidirectionality. With Cleveland and Youngstown at 90 degrees from each other at his location, even the most broad-beamed antenna will have a null towards one city while pointed at the other. It seemed that rwilson had just enough RF in the air to get acceptable reception via the MANT, so he had a shot at adding a simple VHF antenna to get what he wanted at minimum cost. However, I think we found that he did not have enough net noise margin to protect against random fades, interference, and the like.