Replacing Crank up Antenna Suggestions?
Thinking about replacing our Crank up TV Antenna with a fixed Roof Mount TV Antenna. I've seen a few on campers going down the road that looks to to stand about a foot tall. As anybody else replaced...
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WyoTraveler wrote:
Never compared my Jack antenna with the newer crank up but I've had no problems getting reception on my Jack antenna. One big advantage is I don't have to worry about forgetting to crank it down.
With both First Class Licenses, don't you remember that the more meat you have up there to receive the signals (especially VHF), the better off you are? You can match a shorter antenna to the signal, but at the cost of far greater loss than an amp can make up. The noise factor of the amp, the signal loss thru matching devices, etc., more than eat up the signal lost by the shorter, less efficient antenna.
I also have/had both commercial licenses. Don't have the First Phone anymore. Lost it to the General Class. I spent 10 years in Marine Radio/Radar systems and thirty in commercial and aerospace, primarily in antenna design and implementation; everything from ground to space-based to shipboard, and never tried to trim the antenna length when I could help it!
