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Old 02-08-2008, 01:24 PM
Jeff Songster Jeff Songster is offline
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Originally Posted by vance View Post
My view of Sutro tower (S.F.'s biggest TV tower) is blocked by the hill i live on. If i was fifty feet up I could probably have line of sight. I can't have a mast this tall due to land lord restrictions.

Using a Terk HDTVa antenna indoors I get most of the channels, but only at 50-60 percent. I get spotty reception on a couple of channels and if it rains its worse on all. I find that I have to point the antenna 45 degress away from the direction of the tower to get the best signal. I assume this is a reflection from the top of my hill.

So, I was thinking about getting the DB2 since it has two dipoles for better diversity. If I place this outdoors I will have to add about 50-100 feet of coax.

Any sugestions? trying to get (better) football this weekend

Vance
That antenna should work better than the terk... You may not need it outside if you have an indoor space away from other electronics that can "see" the tower. Good Luck
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