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Can you recomend a good indoor DTV antenna ok for DXing?
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> Can you recomend a good indoor DTV antenna ok for DXing?
No.
Depending on where you are, an indoor antenna may or may not serve you fine for receiving your locals. (At 4300 feet from the tower farm in my town, I can use a paper clip as an antenna and get fine results.)
But for any kind of useful distant signal reception, you really want to have a good directional antenna, probably with a preamp if it's not going to get overloaded, with as much elevation as you can muster. I've got a Channel Master 4248 UHF corner reflector at about 45' above ground level, and it's *just* enough to pull out most - but not all - of the Buffalo and Syracuse DTV signals, many of which are running maximum power, at a distance of 75-80 miles. My big problem is preamp overload, for which I'll eventually have to shell out a chunk of change to get good filters to knock down the strong signals from my local DTVs. <P ID="signature">______________
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No.
Depending on where you are, an indoor antenna may or may not serve you fine for receiving your locals. (At 4300 feet from the tower farm in my town, I can use a paper clip as an antenna and get fine results.)
But for any kind of useful distant signal reception, you really want to have a good directional antenna, probably with a preamp if it's not going to get overloaded, with as much elevation as you can muster. I've got a Channel Master 4248 UHF corner reflector at about 45' above ground level, and it's *just* enough to pull out most - but not all - of the Buffalo and Syracuse DTV signals, many of which are running maximum power, at a distance of 75-80 miles. My big problem is preamp overload, for which I'll eventually have to shell out a chunk of change to get good filters to knock down the strong signals from my local DTVs. <P ID="signature">______________
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BoardmanDJ
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Has anybody tried those Channel Master UHF antennas that look like 6 bow ties and chicken wire?? I picked one up because it was supposed to be the best out there, but I believe I had better luck with my Radioshack UHF only (Which appears to be no longer manufactured).
The neighbors didn't stare as much either.
> > Can you recomend a good indoor DTV antenna ok for DXing?
>
> No.
>
> Depending on where you are, an indoor antenna may or may not
> serve you fine for receiving your locals. (At 4300 feet from
> the tower farm in my town, I can use a paper clip as an
> antenna and get fine results.)
>
> But for any kind of useful distant signal reception, you
> really want to have a good directional antenna, probably
> with a preamp if it's not going to get overloaded, with as
> much elevation as you can muster. I've got a Channel Master
> 4248 UHF corner reflector at about 45' above ground level,
> and it's *just* enough to pull out most - but not all - of
> the Buffalo and Syracuse DTV signals, many of which are
> running maximum power, at a distance of 75-80 miles. My big
> problem is preamp overload, for which I'll eventually have
> to shell out a chunk of change to get good filters to knock
> down the strong signals from my local DTVs.
>
The neighbors didn't stare as much either.
> > Can you recomend a good indoor DTV antenna ok for DXing?
>
> No.
>
> Depending on where you are, an indoor antenna may or may not
> serve you fine for receiving your locals. (At 4300 feet from
> the tower farm in my town, I can use a paper clip as an
> antenna and get fine results.)
>
> But for any kind of useful distant signal reception, you
> really want to have a good directional antenna, probably
> with a preamp if it's not going to get overloaded, with as
> much elevation as you can muster. I've got a Channel Master
> 4248 UHF corner reflector at about 45' above ground level,
> and it's *just* enough to pull out most - but not all - of
> the Buffalo and Syracuse DTV signals, many of which are
> running maximum power, at a distance of 75-80 miles. My big
> problem is preamp overload, for which I'll eventually have
> to shell out a chunk of change to get good filters to knock
> down the strong signals from my local DTVs.
>
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