I have considered moving my 4228 up on the tower, but didn't think the u-bolts
would fit the 2" mast coming out of the top of tower. Did you modify the 4228
or is it factory specs?
73
Scott, KG2S
---- Ryan Jairam <rjairam@gmail.com> wrote:
> If your antenna system is good enough so that you get strong signals
> from your desired stations you will have no problems. If you have
> marginal signals you will get breakups on digital signals. I don't
> remember what happens on analog because there's just one analog
> station I can receive here (W36AZ ch 36) which I can get in digital
> anyway. I operate at around 800 watts and there's no interference on
> my TVs.
>
> This is my TV antenna setup -
>
> 2 x Channel Master 4228 (16 bay bow tie array, with a reflective screen) for
> UHF
> Winegard YA1713 Yagi for VHF 7-13
> Antennacraft 10G212 30dB preamp
>
> The antennas are about 65ft on the tower which is good enough to get a
> digital lock and no dropouts on the NYC stations which are ~49 miles
> away. Only Fox 5.1 WNYW-DT has a little tiling when I key up because
> their antenna pattern I think reduces the signal towards here because
> of co-channel with WMCN 44 in Atlantic City NJ.
>
> 73
> Ryan, N2RJ
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Charles Coldwell <coldwell@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've heard of/read about people who put television antennas (for
> > receiving OTA broadcast TV) at the top of towers that are also used
> > for HF antennas. Does this risk blowing out the receiver in the TV if
> > it picks up harmonics from the HF transmitter? I suppose one could
> > use a low pass filter on the transmitter/amplifier output, but I would
> > still expect to get some RFI on the TV.
> >
> > Does anyone have any experience with this sort of setup?
> >
> > --
> > Charles M. Coldwell, W1CMC
> > "Turn on, log in, tune out"
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