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RE: Leaning towards this one

Brian,
Two more comments - to help I hope:
1: the big difference between the rated range for the antennas is more elements - the range is assuming a standard height - and more elements provide more gain so you can pick up a weaker signal -
the alternative is to raise the height of the antenna. I realize that this brings with it more interesting complexities - how high?, how to securely position it THAT high?, and then the isolation /grounding for lightning when it IS That High...

You guys and gals around the lake have a blessing in that your range is increased because there are no hills, buildings or trees on the lake to interfere with the line-o'-sight transmission of FM/VHF... of course that also means that the snow flies a bit deeper .....

2: To the previous post about the Rhombic - if you only had a few stations, you could build custom antennas for the stations/ranges you wanted - that would be more effective than the Yagis -

Having said this - your original post was more concerned with television broadcast, and so I would stick with the yagis.

Good luck, and remember to Ground the Mast,
Happy listening
Happy Listening


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