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Don't expect the DB-8 to be a multi-directional antenna despite how it may be described in marketing. It will be enough antenna with quite a good margin when facing south-east to see the US stations. Don't expect it to simultaneously see the lower powered stations that are almost 90° to the right or left. I'm inclined to say a high gain directional antenna (such as the 8-bay designs you're considering) are a good choice, not because you need all of the gain, but because you need to minimize the extremely powerful local signals. Because of the extreme power of the local signals, you can't use an amplifier to make up for cable or splitter losses (I'd expect any amplifier to overload in the face of such extreme local signal levels). The 8-bay will ensure sufficient signal power from the lower level US stations.
You may find an A/B switched, two antenna system to be more reliable than any one antenna.
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Last edited by GroundUrMast; 19-May-2011 at 6:17 AM.
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