[mythtv-users] Attic antenna

Steve Heistand steve at heistand.org
Mon Aug 31 16:08:01 UTC 2009


On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:03:53 +0100, Mike Perkins wrote
> jason maxwell wrote:
> > It looks like the OP got his questions answered, so rather than start
> > another thread with the same title, I'll just hijack :)Right now I have a
> > tinfoil and coat hanger quad bowtie antenna in the attic that works very
> > well.  I'm ~35-45 miles from 2 major cities (DC/Baltimore).  Right now I'm
> > grabbing all the DC stations with no problem.  If I turn the antenna, I can
> > pick up some Bmore stations too.  I would like to make a second antenna so
> > that they can be simultaneously pointed at each city.  Would this work if I
> > just hooked both to a simple splitter, or do I need a fancy combiner of some
> > sort?


very enlightening:

http://www.hdtvprimer.com/ANTENNAS/ganging.html


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Steve Heistand
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