Radio Shack amp & Winegard: Update w/ HDTV
A while back, someone from MN or MI said a Radio Shack antenna amp added to the amplified barwing w/ a wingman would radically improve reception. Can you tell me which amp from RS, and how it must...
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7/30/14 update:
It's amazing what 20 decibel amplification and aiming in the right direction (lucky aim) can do.
Last week while in Clear Lake, Iowa I aimed towards the east to get the usual stations wanted. It was 6:00am on a partly cloudy morning.
Somehow I managed to get one of the major network channels out of Madison Wisconsin which is 200 miles to the east (straight line).
I watched the news on the channel for about 45 minutes before the rising sun wiped out my 1-bar signal. :(
The station was WKOW on 27.1, 27.2, and 27.3 with ABC being on the main channel.
It's amazing what 20 decibel amplification and aiming in the right direction (lucky aim) can do.
Last week while in Clear Lake, Iowa I aimed towards the east to get the usual stations wanted. It was 6:00am on a partly cloudy morning.
Somehow I managed to get one of the major network channels out of Madison Wisconsin which is 200 miles to the east (straight line).
I watched the news on the channel for about 45 minutes before the rising sun wiped out my 1-bar signal. :(
The station was WKOW on 27.1, 27.2, and 27.3 with ABC being on the main channel.
