mr clean Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 29 minutes ago, billybob said: That stacking can really work for deep fringe. Popular out west and plain areas. Usually the idea was to double or even triple stack like antennas with combiners. A hobbyist in great Britain had some really cool but expensive examples awhile back... I know they stack antennas for extra gain, but this one is stacked to make it shorter and to make it stronger. The top one is VHF and FM. Bottom is UHF. Stacking Like antennas give you about 3db of gain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 13 hours ago, mr clean said: I know they stack antennas for extra gain, but this one is stacked to make it shorter and to make it stronger. The top one is VHF and FM. Bottom is UHF. Stacking Like antennas give you about 3db of gain. You appear to have more than a passive interest in the technical aspects. That is cool... some find the subject rather boring. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr clean Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 This is what I use. They don't make this one anymore I don't think. This is something you may not know. https://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp?p=HBU44 https://www.otadtv.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Antennacraft makes a good solid antenna. Used Winegard and CM antennas and parts for the most part. Yes, lot of good information to have. Attended a course on HDTV and OTA reception hosted by Dow Electronics of Tampa in 2000 for their dealers. Some really heady stuff to take in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr clean Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 1 hour ago, billybob said: You appear to have more than a passive interest in the technical aspects. That is cool... some find the subject rather boring. Thanks! I talk on the radio. Thats where my interest comes from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 3 minutes ago, mr clean said: I talk on the radio. Thats where my interest comes from. Well that sounds interesting ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr clean Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 14 minutes ago, billybob said: Well that sounds interesting ... If you saw the antenna and tower in my yard you would get a chuckle. Ive talked all over the world. Over 15000 miles long path. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 1 minute ago, mr clean said: If you saw the antenna and tower in my yard you would get a chuckle. Ive talked all over the world. Over 15000 miles long path. Thought you may be talking HAM... Sure would like to see... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 1 hour ago, mr clean said: If you saw the antenna and tower in my yard you would get a chuckle. Ive talked all over the world. Over 15000 miles long path. Had a friend who erected a tower for his Ham radio. Before he had even mounted the antenna, his neighbors were calling the police to complain that he was interfering with their TV reception. This was in the days before cable. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joessportster Posted September 24, 2019 Author Share Posted September 24, 2019 Brief update, I got Dans Antenna yesterday, I sat it up temporarily for testing its approx 5 feet off the ground and 3 feet from the house pointed directly at the house and I now have ABC again (The main channel we were trying to get back) The Yeggi was approx 30 feet in the air, going to swap it out today and put Dans up in the air. Hoping to pick up maybe some more but so far all signs point to it being a much better Antenna 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avguytx Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 That's awesome it worked out. I (we) had "cut the cord" back in 2014 in our last house before we sold and built a new one. I had been using an Antennas Direct Clearstream 4Max and then a 5 with great results with an amplifier and feeding 3 TV's in the house. It worked great where we were and I think we were about 55 to 60 miles from the towers outside of Little Rock. We didn't have any trees to worry about there and now, with the new house, we have trees in the way and are sitting right below a ridge line where I may not be able to pick them up. I had Dish Network installed back in late June just so we had something but I do hate paying for it. It will cost $20 per month remaining to cancel it but if I can get an antenna to work, I will probably do it. For whatever dumb reason, I left my last antenna in the attic along with the signal amp. Should have taken that with me. In the new house, I really would only have to have local channels in the living room so it would be a lot easier but I do have every room wired with coax just in case. My downfall is going to be the damn trees and not wanting to put a huge antenna up. But if I can just pick up a few....I'd be happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam S. Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 That's promising news. FYI --- if anyone is splitting signals and feeding more than 1 TV, I've had good luck with the channel master CM-3410 signal amplifier. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joessportster Posted September 25, 2019 Author Share Posted September 25, 2019 Dans antenna is 30 Feet in the air, and we picked up a few more stations with no drop outs so far. I also use a channel master Amplifier / splitter to 4 televisions. I still plan to do some experimenting with direction 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr clean Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 We have an antenna up and use hulu and netflix. Also philo which is pretty nice. Its like 58 channels, for 20 bucks a month. You get it over the internet, so when storms kick up you don't lose your signal like dish does. Price is fair I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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