Just thought I'd update this thread. I received the 7694, and got it mounted up this morning and pointed it @ 300*. I played around between 300-320*, but CH19 got worse the further it fell off it's axis.
Some signal stats:
Channel 13: Signal Strength = 90 SNR = 28-29
Channel 19: Signal Strength = 40-50 SNR = 21-25
Channel 21: Signal Strength = 90 SNR = 27-28
Channel 38: Signal Strength = 75 SNR = 27
Channel 44: Signal Strength = 65 SNR = 25-26
Just as expected. Channels 13, 38 & 44 improved, and Channel 19 took a slight hit.
Of course these numbers will fluctuate between day/night, and weather conditions. Just after I mounted the antenna, the wind started to pick up. I was seeing some fluctuating SNR #'s for CH19.
I've humored the idea of mounting that old Yagi below the 7694, and pointing it 120* SE for CH19. Not sure if that would work, or how to do it without the two interfering with one another? Any input on this?
You can see what I'm working against here. This is looking NW at 300*
And the finished product.
I think GUM summed it up best when he said:
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In a perfect world, you would have a nice tower that cleared all the trees. Then we would be talking about a more compact antenna.
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