[mythtv-users] Semi-OT - Dual TV antennas

[Brian Wood]

On Friday 21 August 2009 13:20:27 Boleslaw Ciesielski wrote:
> Colin McGregor wrote:
> > Up until now I have been using one Winegard GS-2200 antenna on my roof
> > to provide an over the air TV signal for my MythTV box. This has
> > worked okay, but I am wondering ... as I have a second identical
> > GS-2200:
> >
> > - Would there be an advantage to setting up a 2nd GS-2200 antenna?
>
> There might be, see for example:
>
> http://www.hdtvprimer.com/ANTENNAS/merging.html
> http://www.hdtvprimer.com/ANTENNAS/ganging.html
>
> (other pages on this website are interesting too)

Interesting, yes. Accurate, well...

As an example, nothing on this earth has "no loss whatsoever", and lines like:

"This requires that both input signals be identical in amplitude and phase"

Without mentioning how difficult this can be, if not downright impossible for 
every channel over the entire UHF range.

Some of the "gotchas" are hidden under "related topics", and the information 
is somewhat oversimplified.

Don't get me wrong, it seems like a useful site, but don't be too surprised if 
your mileage varies considerably.

-- 
Brian Wood
beww at beww.org