[Amps] Amplified TV Antenna

[donroden at hiwaay.net]

Analog antennas that advertised channel 2 through 13 were broadband  
from the get-go.  You can't get them much broader than that .....  
Digital not withstanding.   And "omni" is not "digital" either.  Two  
totally different subjects.

Don W4DNR


Quoting W2XJ <w2xj at nyc.rr.com>:

> That is not entirely correct. A 'digital' antenna is generally one that
> is either omni or has a wide beamwidth. A bowtie is a 'digital' antenna.
> Yagis and logs do not usually work so well. Unfortunately, a lot of this
> depends on the skill set of the end user. With a typical consumer those
> skills are nonexistent which mean a lot of confusion.
>
>
> On 7/6/12 1:53 PM, Robert Morris wrote:
>> On Jul 6, 2012, at 1:03 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
>>
>> On 7/6/2012 11:13 AM, Jerry Kaidor wrote:
>>>   Need a little advice here.
>> I get excellent results from an old standby 4x2 bow-tie with reflector.
>>
>> And if you go to Radio Shack, the kid will tell you need a digital  
>> antenna, just like when you needed the special one for
>> color RF.
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