I am not familiar with the switchcraft or other amp. I think I was using Radio Shack stuff. The one mounted on the antenna required no additional ground, just the coax shield is all it used.. Keep in mind too much amplification may cause distortion etc. You may have to try and see what works in your location. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Spiro To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 11:16 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] in line tv amp
Thanks, the two I saw in my minimal search were switch craft 7777 and a motorola for about $49 on Amazon. About how many db do they give? I have a digital TV and was thinking about a 50db phillips 2510/27 unit. But if the inline unit is better I can do that to my roof mounted antenna. Or, in front of the 12db radio Shack model. Does it need grounding separately if attached to the roof mounted antenna, to keep things safe? On Fri, 2 Jan 2009, Ron Yearns wrote: > All the inline t v amps i have used were a f coax fitting for in and out and then a 120 volt plug to power the thing. Easy to install just to make sure the in and out connections are correct. Any that mount on the antenna outside had a separate line out to power it on the mast and the 120 was kept inside. > Ron > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Spiro > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 1:38 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Christmas radios > > > I was looking for amplified antenna for this new digital TV era coming. > I have a digital tuner, and a lightly amplified antenna. Phillips 2510/27 > seems to have the most 50db amplification. > But in my searches, I found a motorola device that was just a line > amplifier for incoming signal. > Are they hard to instal, or primarily do they not also introduce noise? > Does introducing that into the building of a great antenna add any > benefit? > > On Wed, 31 Dec 2008, Ron Yearns wrote: > > > Well I haven't saw or tried the Crane so have no idea which is best. I did have a chance yesterday to get on the roof and extend my long wire antenna on across the roof and out to a ten foot mast in the corner of our fence so I probably have a 100 foot of wire in the air. And for what it is worth it is insulated number 12 copper. As an ex electrician I tend to have stuff like that laying around. > > Ron > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Spiro > > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 11:15 PM > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Christmas radios > > > > > > C.C. Radio is sold by C.Crane company and is claimed to be the best for > > AM. I am not sure, quite, about that. > > But it is sure intuitive in it's set up. > > > > On Mon, 29 Dec 2008, Ron Yearns wrote: > > > > > Well tell me what a C. C. radio is and I can respond. Well not only is this a excellant radio for normal commercial stations, it also has short wave bands and aircraft bands which as soon as I get the shelf built to where I can hook the external antenna and ground to it I expect excellant reception on those freqquencies also. Not to say it doesn't do a good job on those now with the internal whip antenna, I just haven't had the time to experiment a lot yet. > > > Ron > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Spiro > > > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 7:54 AM > > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Christmas radios > > > > > > > > > Do you guys find this better than the C.C.Radio? > > > I have a Sony 650 that beats that thing, in one room of the house. > > > Elsewhere it's very good. > > > > > > On Thu, 25 Dec 2008, Ron Yearns wrote: > > > > > > > Will William, Santa was good to me the Eaton , Satellite 750 was under the tree for me. Yes it apppears it is going to be a task to learn to operatee it well I am already impressed. I had been listening to Carrolton, 100.7 FM and only one radio in the house could get it . only upstairs and still had lots of problem with intereference from a 101 FM station from Harrisonville. This little jewel brings it in with no problem. And we hadn't even found the pull out antenna yet. Also brings in the 1450 khz Warrensburg station with very tgood clarity during the day. Now I can keep up with the local news from where I moved from. It has a rotating loop antenna on top for the AM to help in the turning. Good luck with yours. > > > > Ron > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: William Stephan > > > > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > > > > Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 6:59 PM > > > > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Another Antenna question > > > > > > > > > > > > Nah, mine I think came from an outfit called Universal Radio Ron, it's > > > > pretty nice, but some of it is still a mystery until I can get somebody with > > > > eyes to look at the thing. > > > > > > > > I already accidentally reset the thing because I guessed wrong about what > > > > side of the tuning nob the fast tuning button was on, and now I have to > > > > recalibrate the A.M. band for US spacing since it defaults to Eurpean. > > > > > > > > And, I can't do that until I figure out the keypad. Do any of you have > > > > suggestions for reading buttons? I used a KNFB reader, and it got some of > > > > them, but since the formatting's screwed up, it's not very helpful. I tried > > > > an Optacon, but can't make sense of it that way either. It sure would be > > > > nice if somebody'd make these things talk. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] > > > > On Behalf Of Ron Yearns > > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 16:41 > > > > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > > > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Another Antenna question > > > > > > > > Ah so you are the lucky guy that got the 750 from Associated Radio. I looked > > > > at one a few weeks ago and called, but it had sold. Of course he can get > > > > another. Hope Santa has gotten the hint. For your antenna I don't know for > > > > sure I think either will do for the listening side of radio. There is a skin > > > > effect at various frequencies. It is more pronouced at the higher one goes > > > > and this has a affect on current flow and if so stranded would be the better > > > > choice. Happy listening. > > > > Ron > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: William Stephan > > > > To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com > > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 1:53 PM > > > > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Another Antenna question > > > > > > > > All: > > > > > > > > The receiver I recently purchased, which is a Grundig Satellit 750, seems to > > > > be mostly accessible. I'm going to ultimately have to get some sighted > > > > assistance to figure out the keyboard, but it looks doable. So, I'm going > > > > to run some long wire antennas, and was wondering what kind of wire I should > > > > be using. I have a roll of speaker wire I could split, but I seem to > > > > remember that braded wire is best. Anybody know if that's right? > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
