[mythtv] HDTV Reception (was: DVB Driver for the pcHDTV HD-3000)

[Jarod Wilson]

On Feb 2, 2005, at 04:10, Cory Papenfuss wrote:

>> A 6-footer is squat. You still have plenty of room for improvement in 
>> the
>> antenna area. For example, I have a 12ft yagi boom antenna on my 
>> rooftop with
>
> 	Yagi's wide enough for all your channels... or do you only get one or 
> two contiguous?

I get every channel broadcast out of Seattle, as well as a few others 
from nearby areas (FOX comes in fine from a hilltop across the Puget 
Sound from Seattle and I pick up a few channels out of Bellevue).

> Yagi's don't have a very wide bandwidth but they can have good gain.

This one certainly does well on gain. I honestly haven't a clue what 
impact not having very wide bandwidth has. Are you basically saying 
they aren't very good at omni-directional reception? That's certainly 
true with this one, a few degrees can make a big difference in signal 
quality. Fortunately, everything I care about is within 304 to 307 
degrees from me.

> Amp as close to the antenna as possible?

There's some component of it that attaches to the antenna mast itself, 
so there's maybe 6 to 12 inches of cable from the antenna to that, then 
the other portion sits inside the house right where the connection 
comes inside.

> SNR's, noise figures, and LNAs bringing back horrible undergrad 
> calculation memories... :)

Ooohh, sounds fun... ;-)

>> quite nicely now, even in less-than-stellar weather conditions 
>> (Seattle
>> area).
>
> P-shaw!  Try living in Juneau (or worse yet, Ketchikan), AK! People up 
> there go to Seattle to dry out... :)

Yeah, I have a few college buddies from Juneau and Anchorage who have 
some stories...

-- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE
jarod at wilsonet.com
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