Re: [PLUG] Comcast, Cable Cards, Antenna, and HD-Homerun Experiences?

["Lee H. Marzke" <lee@marzke.net>]

I use a DB8 [1] Bow tie with amplifier on my second floor balcony.   My
issue is that I don't have line of sight and have to go through 6 other
unit in my townhouse row.    Still I get KYW-3, WHYY 12, NBC10, Fox29, MIND 35

This is rated for Channels 14-69, 30deg beamwidth,  peak 15.8 dB antenna gain and 15db
gain in the pre-amp.   It works somewhat on ch 12,  but not lower.

The only station I don't get is 6 which is VHF.   12 WHYY comes in fine
most of the time with this Antenna.   KYW3 is actually on UHF.

Note that I get all these stations without rotating in azimuth ( from
collegeville )


Here are some good info:
http://www.hdtvprimer.com/antennas/comparing.html
http://www.hdtvprimer.com/ISSUES/erecting_antenna.html
http://www.hdtvprimer.com/ANTENNAS/GlossaryA.html#fringe




[1] http://tinyurl.com/uhfbowtie1 

----- Original Message ----- 

> From: "Louis Kratz" <louis.kratz@gmail.com>
> To: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List"
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> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 9:54:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Comcast, Cable Cards, Antenna, and HD-Homerun
> Experiences?

> Thanks so much to all of you for the info!
> FiOS isn't available at my address :( but I'm definitely going to try an
> omni-directional antenna.
> I'll post back to the list with any further info/results.
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