pcHDtv5500

Dave Germiquet davegermiquet-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Sat Sep 6 20:01:00 UTC 2008


Thank you guys.

Very informative, some of you also might want to look at this:

http://www.hdtvantennalabs.com/

It's an antenna review site i'm checking out tth GS 2200 now :)

On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Mel Wilson <mwilson-4YeSL8/OYKRWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Colin McGregor wrote:
>>
>> On 9/6/08, Dave Cramer <davec-zxk95TxsVYDyHADnj0MGvQC/G2K4zDHf at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>  >> and more importantly
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.metacafe.com/watch/762088/coat_hanger_hdtv_antenna_better_than_store_bought_amazing/
>>
>> and in another e-mail Dave Cramer noted:
>>
>>> http://www.digitalhome.ca/ota/superantenna/design.htm
>>
>> The above two links are focused on what are sometimes referred to as
>> bow-tie antennas (as the receiving elements do kind-of look like a
>> bow-tie). These antenna are considered good for UHF channels (at
>> present all the digital TV stations in the GTA are UHF, so this is
>> fine...). There are a number of similar plans for these antennas on
>> the Internet. There are also commercially made versions of these
>> antennas available at some local electronic shops...
>
> I was trying to improve reception on the few channels I do get, and ran
> across the Slim Jim antenna <http://www.hamuniverse.com/slimjim.html>
>
> It's ostensibly a single-channel thing feeding 50 ohms.  It must have some
> kind of bandwidth, but I don't know how much.  It seems as though a channel
> 17 version would require about 2 feet of twin-lead to build.  Anybody try
> one of these?
>
>        Mel.
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