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[Brian Foddy]

yes, I've been to this site, it gives very good info.
Both the antennas I've used fell into the color range,
dark green in my case.  The Terk didn't work as well as
the Winegard, both suffer not so much from weak signals
as some nasty ghosting in the UHF range.  VHF isn't quite
so bad, but I can still see it.  By the time I get to
UHF45, I probably get a 15-20% strong ghost, other stations
are better.  I went with the Winegard because it was
more directional, and hoped it would reduce the ghosting
some, which it probably did, but not as much as I wanted.

As I said, I can get decent HD on most channels on most
nights, but some combinations on some nights are just not
possible.  I'm always looking to improve, but there are
limits to what's possible.

Brian


On Thursday 13 November 2003 09:11 pm, Keith C wrote:
> Generally, the antennas shaped like a bar (the Terk, I believe) and the
> funky disk and bar "HD Antenna" from RadioShack are not very well
> respected at all.  Basically, the antenna gets a mediocre signal and
> amplifies it.  Better to get the best signal you can from the antenna,
> then do what you need to.
>
> Best resource ever made for HDTV antenna reception :
> http://www.antennaweb.org
>
> Also, I hung out in the HD antenna area at avsforum for a while.  Those
> guys will definitely tell you which ones not to buy.
>
> Basically, I bought the plain old (non-amplified) RadioShack antenna
> that matched the recommendation from antennaweb, stuck it in my attic
> (which they say kills 20% of the signal), and still get incredible
> reception.  Probably about 30 miles from the antennas.
>
> Keith C
>
> On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 13:46, Brian Foddy wrote:
> > On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, John P. Poet wrote:
> > > They are about 30 miles away and I have line-of-sight.
> > >
> > > I was hoping to get away with a standard Radio Shack UHF antenna
> > > (Catalog #: 15-2160).  Is there something better?
> > >
> > > I have also read that the HDTV spec calls for a frequency spectrum up
> > > to 3 GHz.  I have not been able to find any amps or splitter with that
> > > kind of rating.  I assume 2150 MHz splitters are "good enough"?
> >
> > I've tried 2 antennas, the Terk something-something-55 model was pretty
> > descent, but I found the Winegard 2000 a little better.  Both are
> > amplified.  Its placed in the
> > attic of my garage, above the Al siding.  I'm in MSP about 25-30 miles
> > from the towers, and before this antenna had pretty poor recption.
> > Now, most days I can get any of my HD signals.  But cold overcast days
> > can still be a problem.  I guess, I have about a 66% chance that I can
> > watch any given channel in HD on any given day.  Not perfect, but I can
> > live with it.  However, I would agree with the suggestion to double
> > record any critical program in low-res just in case the weather is not
> > in your favor.
> >
> > As for splitters, I use a standard unpowered splitter, with 4 foot
> > cables on the end.  My parents had to use a powered splitter, but
> > they have 20-50 foot cables after the splitter.  Also, use UG6??
> > (something 6) coax cable.
> >
> > Brian