> Unfortunately, the famous Channel Master 4228 has been replaced by the > infamous Chinese made 4228. They say that with extensive modifications the > new one can work better than the old one did, but I'm not going to pay $100 > for an antenna so I can rebuild it.
Hmm, I wonder which one I got? Is it obvious? Anyway, higher is better. Outside is better. The amplifier must be at the antenna, or it really can't do much. In our situation, most of the transmitters are to the West, through a hill. The one line-of-sighter is to the North, and can punch through the side of the antenna well enough most days. But it's the weak sister of the bunch, and the one that gives us the most trouble. I never bothered to try to come up with a way to merge the signals from two antennae. Our amplifier is in the basement, and is a distribution amp, though we're currently using only two of its eight outputs. EM class (antennae) was by far my worst subject back in school. Digital _sucks_. It's either perfect, or useless. Analog TV had a graceful degradation with distance, and you could put up with a lot of fuzzy for a show you really wanted to watch. -- Jim _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
