On 9/3/2010 12:20 PM, Robert Green wrote:
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We opted for
a fixed mast on a chimney mount with a high gain, directional, unamplified
VHF/UHF antenna. Although the antenna is directional, we get
4,5,7,9,20,26,30,32,50 and 66 reliably without needing a rotor. Since we
often
want to watch a DC station while recording 22, or vice versa, a rotor
would not
have been a good solution for us.

I've found it's hardly ever a good solution and it's why I'm working with
the two aerial/two DVR system that's working fairly well. But since we're
in a small valley, I suspect that the extra 10 or 15 feet I'd gain with a
chimney mounted antenna would eliminate a lot of the dropouts. I am
surprised you get reception with an amp. How long is the run of cable from
the aerial to the TV set?


I'm sorry if I gave you the impression that I have an amp in my antenna circuit.
I thought I would need one, but I don't. I've got the high gain (but
unamplified) VHF/UHF joined with the 8 bow-tie array through a reverse splitter
feeding a 3 way splitter that serves my master bedroom, den, and kitchen nook.
The longest run is to the kitchen nook, probably about 75-100 feet. Except when
the gremlins are active, almost all the stations max out the signal strength bar
graph on the TVs or are only 1 bar less. I suspect that an amplified splitter
might have over-driven the RF front end of the tuners.