Re: Amplifying TV antenna signal

Tue, 18 Nov 2003 19:08:18 GMT, "md" wrote:

> Steve, Please don't take offence to this question, we can all forget 
> the obvious sometimes.  What direction are the slanted elements 
> of your antenna pointing?  They should be 
> pointing away from the UHF signal you are trying to receive.
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 


i'll bite, what are you talking about?

is this something specific to the Channel Master
antenna that he's got?

i've got a modest Radio Shack VU-120XR antenna
and the only "slanted" elements are the main boom 
long elements, and the 2 wing booms themselves
(the short elements on the wing booms are straight
and perpendicular to the transmitting antenna)

the 4 page instruction sheet/pic shows both the 
main boom long elements and the 2 wing booms 
pointing toward the station's transmitting antenna
         ^^^^^^^^^

bill

 
> "Steve Thomas" wrote

> > I just put up a new super-duper TV antenna this weekend.  It's a
> > Channel Master Ultra-Hi Crossfire 3671, which theoretically has a
> > Reception Range of 100+ miles for VHF/FM and 60+ for UHF.
<snip>
> > Question is:  what can I do, if anything to pull these in?  I've seen
> > pre-amps on the web.  I don't want to bring this tower back down, so
> > I'd like to amplify it inline if possible.