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Jim Yanik

Peter wrote in :

On 1/13/2010 12:37 PM, wrote:

If you are only 10 miles away over flat territory and using
an amplifier, that is likely your problem. You are getting
too much signal. If you remove the amp you should do better.

Chip

I bought the amplified indoor antenna after I was unable to get
satisfactory reception using several different configuration
traditional unamplified indoor antennas. The reception with the
amplified antenna was much better than using the unamplified antenna,
but still unsat.

I'm in the DC metro area. One of my biggest reception problems is
with a major network outlet that is broadcasting in a lower VHF
channel and dropped it's effective radiated power from about 220KW
analog to 12.5 KW digital!! That's right, not a typo. When I called
the station engineer to ask why they were using such low power, they
told me that they had petitioned the FCC to transmit with greater
power, but the FCC was concerned that greater power would cause
interference in the Baltimore metro area (which is more than 40 miles
north of DC). So, I can't receive a decent signal 10 miles away with
an indoor antenna and the FCC is worried about interference 40+ miles
away. No wonder OTA reception of this station is so difficult.

maybe you should try that Make TV homemade antenna,it uses coathanger
wire,a small board,some screws and washers,and a 75:300 ohm matching
transformer.I get pretty good results with it,no amplifier needed.

It's a "quad bowtie" type of antenna.

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