In Reply to: Antenna posted by Brian Levy on June 4, 2012 at 06:22:46:
Rhombics are way the best for range, and ROI. TV twin-ribbon doubles their gain for the same size.See the FAQ article here - you might need an in-line signal attenuator for the local stations. You can play with how wide or narrow the acceptance angle is on a simple rhombic, so unless the subtended angle to Buffalo from the CNN tower is more than say 20 degrees, a spread rhombic is probably not needed.
Depends on how GOOD Buffalo's stations are really, whether you should bother with a rhombic.
A Yagi in the loft will last a lot longer than outside. And, weather's not an issue when installing in Winter.
Enjoy!
Warmest
Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
Edits: 06/04/12
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Follow Ups
- One direction? If you can work in your loft and a diagonal points the right way, build a rhombic up there - Timbo in Oz 23:38:39 06/04/12 (2)
- RE: One direction? If you can work in your loft and a diagonal points the right way, build a rhombic up there - Brian Levy 07:11:17 06/05/12 (1)
- if you need them, go pull them in - Timbo in Oz 00:40:51 06/06/12 (0)