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Default Which end of roof tv antenna toward station

On May 2, 7:26*am, "HeyBub" wrote:
Jimw wrote:
I bought a used rooftop tv antenna at a garage sale so there are no
instructions. *I know how to mount it and connect the coax, but I do
not recall which end points toward the tv station transmitter.


I know the UHF elements are the smaller ones and the VHF are the
larger ones. *But which end goes toward the station? *Here is a crude
drawing (below).


* * *\\\\\\
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* * *//////


You'd think there would be a diagram on the web, but I sure can not
find one. *They should mark it right on the antenna but they dont.


Forget theory. Which direction gets the best reception?- Hide quoted text -

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in the illustration provided by the OP, the station should be to the
left of the antenna.