[Amps] Amplified TV Antenna

[W2XJ]

If you are really that nervous, stick to the bowtie and possibly a high 
pass filter. This said with the assumption that the stations you watch 
are more or less in the same direction. Use a 4 bay vertical stack.


On 7/7/12 11:19 AM, Jerry Kaidor wrote:
>> In any case, all of this is rather far removed from amplifiers.
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> *** And from my original question.  Is it a good bet to install this
> well-regarded amplified TV antenna?  Bearing in mind that I will be
> helpless if the internal amp suffers fundamental overload at HF?  Or
> should I just pack it off back to Amazon and install something like a
> bowtie - bearing in mind that we are getting very decent - but not 100% -
> reception with a mere 300-ohm folded dipole "FM Antenna" tacked to the
> wall.
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>                          - Jerry Kaidor, KF6VB
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>> 73,
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>>      ... Joe, W4TV
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>> On 7/7/2012 7:18 AM, W2XJ wrote:
>>> You got what you got. In most cases the antenna had to be adjusted for
>>> each channel. With DTV this is not very practical as the TV must scan
>>> the channels seen by the antenna at that instant.
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>>> On 7/7/12 7:01 AM, Bill Turner wrote:
>>>> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>>>> On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:19:21 -0400, you wrote:
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>>>>> I disagree. No one in their right mind would have used an omni to
>>>>> receive NTSC.
>>>> REPLY:
>>>> What about those hundreds of millions of portable TVs with "rabbit
>>>> ears" or
>>>> monopole verticals?
>>>>
>>>> 73, Bill W6WRT
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