Re: [AFMUG] OT: OTA Antennas again

2020-01-29 Thread Bill Prince
In our experience, any antenna placed indoors will suck bronto. We tried several iterations, and even just the roof attenuated the signal too much. We had a small yagi-type antenna for a while, but the wind just ripped it apart. The last antenna we got was a Winegard "FlatWave Air (https://win

Re: [AFMUG] OT: OTA Antennas again

2020-01-29 Thread Nate Burke
-Attic-Outdoor-Compact-Design-HDTV-Antenna-ANT705E/303087505 BTW, I left off the VHF dipole during assembly on purpose. Very few areas have actual VHF tv transmitters any more. -Original Message- From: Nate Burke Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 7:37 PM To: Animal Farm Subject: [AFMUG] O

Re: [AFMUG] OT: OTA Antennas again

2020-01-29 Thread Brian Webster
nuary 28, 2020 10:23 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: OTA Antennas again What kind of bandwidth do you need from the lowest to the highest channel? I would assume all desired channels are in the UHF band. Yagi's are great for a channel or three, but they are

Re: [AFMUG] OT: OTA Antennas again

2020-01-28 Thread chuck
-HDTV-Antenna-ANT705E/303087505 BTW, I left off the VHF dipole during assembly on purpose. Very few areas have actual VHF tv transmitters any more. -Original Message- From: Nate Burke Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 7:37 PM To: Animal Farm Subject: [AFMUG] OT: OTA Antennas again I know

[AFMUG] OT: OTA Antennas again

2020-01-28 Thread Nate Burke
I know it's been brought up in the past, but I'm too lazy to go look through the archives. What good OTA Antennas are out there now? Is channel master still the gold standard? Looking to mount inside an attic. 35 miles to the transmitter across water, and through a couple sand dunes and a f