Antenna explanation

ScottG wrote:

SCVJeff wrote:

ScottG wrote:
The article is partially correct. There is no such thing as a HD antenna but an ant. that is specifically designed for improved UHF reception will work better for HD TV than one that was designed for VHF - like the venerable bat-wing. That's why antennas like the Jack pick up a lot more stations.

Assuming that the area in question is exclusively HD. Nobody has shown that a Jack performs better than anything else, other than the marketing folks at King

Actually there's lots of reviews and anecdotal evidence to suggest the new Jack ant works a lot better. In my case I get more channels and even get some where there was none before.
As far as an ant being an ant, that's just wrong. Antenna's are tuned for specific frequencies. I tried to explain that in my original post but perhaps I didn't do so well but old = VHF and new HD = UHF. The old bat-wing was tuned to the older VHF.
Mr. Wineguard and Caddywhompus posts before this one explain it well.

When we are talking about an antenna being 'HD', that is simply incorrect. I thought about having to go down the what's tuned for where path the time, but it was unnecessary. There is no 'HD UHF'. It's the same UHF as has been for the last 50+ years, and while its significantly more populated, television; both analog and digital (of any flavor) are not exclusive to UHF, so the antenna and supporting electronics need to be flat tuned across VHF Lo & Hi bands, as well as UHF. And that is something that concerns me with the Jack.

When the Wingman addition came out I didn't buy the hype, and I don't buy it with the Jack simply because they post nothing about their antenna, nor does anyone at the factory have a clue as to the performance of their antenna. That may have changed, but I called and asked and nobody knew nothing.. I'm sure it's just a packaged import. .

The testing I did at the time with the Wingman was posted here, and when I get a chance I'll run the same test with the Jack in the same spot with the same equipment, and in this case I am particularity interested in how it performs on VHF as the LA area is the poster child that VHF is far from dead.