I like the 4 bow tie style antenna, some people call them fly swatters, About $40. and I use a Channel Master Spartan 3 mast mounted pre-amp.
Also I have seen retired TVRO parabolic dishes used for UHF TV reception at a translator sight that was 80 miles from the 100 watt transmitters that fed them. Use a single bow tie for the feed. On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Scott Zimmerman <n3...@repeater-builder.com> wrote: > Along these same lines.... > > Has anyone on this list built / put into practice a Gray-Hoverman panel > antenna? How do they perform? Is it worth building one? Double or single? > http://www.casano.com/projects/hoverman/index.html > > I'm about 70 miles from my target DTV market. (Pittsburgh, PA) NOBODY here > can seem to get the Pittsburgh ABC affiliate with their current V/U antenna > setups. (WTAE4) I have some people that I am helping get their converter > boxes hooked up and working. They are VERY disappointed that they won't be > able get their news from channel 4 once DTV has gone into full effect. (They > DO have one of the areas BEST news teams - in my opinion.) > > I'm wondering if a dedicated UHF panel and good UHF only preamp will help > the situation. I can get MOST of the other Pittsburgh DTV stations, but > WATE's signal just doesn't make it. If you look at their coverage map they > are loosing QUITE a bit of territory. > http://www.fcc.gov/mb/engineering/maps/images/callsigns/WTAE.gif > > Sure would be nice to get it. Just looking for ideas and comments. > > Scott > > Scott Zimmerman > Amateur Radio Call N3XCC > 474 Barnett Rd > Boswell, PA 15531 > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
