Newbie needs antenna advice - Dave Kingsland

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Newbie needs antenna advice

Posted by Dave Kingsland on September 24, 2006 at 16:14:30

The stations I am interested in are in the vicinity of Boston, MA (e.g. WGBH) and are about 50 miles to the south of me. I live about half way up a hill, but the line of sight is blocked because the house is surrounded by very tall trees. My "boom box" in the garage has some trouble receiving these stations with its 3' antenna, same for the receiver in my living room with a simple wire dipole. So I'm skeptical that a better dipole will work. I'm thinking of using an inexpensive Yagi, mounted in my attic or on my roof. Something like this:

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103089

Some questions:

First, is an antenna like this overkill for the distances I'm trying to receive?

Second, would I need a rotator, considering that the more distant stations I would listen to are within about 10-15 degrees of eachother in azimuth and any others I would want to receive are much closer?

Thanks,
Dave

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Topic - Newbie needs antenna advice - Dave Kingsland 16:14:30 09/24/06 (15)

Mount it on the roof with a rotator, you'll be glad - warnerwh 20:55:32 09/25/06 (3)

Thanks for the suggestion - Dave Kingsland 09:25:41 09/27/06 (2)

Bre careful of those "big" Radio Shack yagis. - Markw* 05:54:03 09/28/06 (0)

Dave: Try this site: - warnerwh 22:49:50 09/27/06 (0)

Grreat littlt Yagi, suitable for most urposes and people. - Markw* 20:41:27 09/25/06 (2)

Re: Grreat littlt Yagi, suitable for most urposes and people. - Dave Kingsland 19:23:37 09/26/06 (1)

Re: Grreat littlt Yagi, suitable for most urposes and people. - Paul C. 20:14:08 10/07/06 (0)

Re: Newbie needs antenna advice - otari 17:28:01 09/25/06 (1)

Re: Newbie needs antenna advice - Dave Kingsland 10:41:42 09/27/06 (0)

GBH comes in OK for me - mhardy6647 06:05:26 09/25/06 (1)

Re: GBH comes in OK for me - Dave Kingsland 19:36:56 09/26/06 (0)

Not overkill; surprisingly good! - bartc 16:59:13 09/24/06 (3)

Bay area FM & TV reception - mhardy6647 06:01:41 09/25/06 (1)

Re: Bay area FM & TV reception - bartc 19:00:40 09/25/06 (0)

Thanks! - Dave Kingsland 18:56:49 09/24/06 (0)

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