Dropping TV channels
Here is a frustrating one. Have 2 TVs. Over the air only. No satellite. Yes set for over the air at the ant/cable button. We have a Jack ant. Upon arriving in a new area each TV, 2 of them, is scan...
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Bill.Satellite wrote:
It's always fun to watch 2 smarty pants arguing a point that no one understands and won't help answer the posters question.
Happy Thanksgiving. I hope the OP got to watch the parade!
Yeah, well your "smarty" answer does not help the OP in any way either..
My point is, SWR should have NEVER been mentioned, it has no business in this entire thread and it was brought up by someone who felt it would "contribute" but instead it MUDDIES the water with unneeded extra terminology..
I pitty the poor fool who thinks they will help there tiny little UNDERSIZED RV antenna by cutting the antenna length..
TV antennas are by design a WIDE BAND RECEIVING antenna and are not designed for low SWR, there is no way you could design any antenna which covers the entire TV band and have a 1:1.1 - 1:2 SWR match, just is not happening.
Yeah, I do have a Ham license, I also have a degree in electronic technologies, I have repaired thousands of TVs, stereos, Sat receivers, computers and much, much more electronic technologies over the years..
Built many of my own home brew Ham antennas, stacked and matched dual 13 element 440 Yagis was one of my favorites using 1/2" copper pipe and 10 gauge solid wire soldered to the pipe (even the driven element is soldered to the copper pipe, wrap that around your head on how that was done!).. Worked a fellow Ham simplex 30 miles away with 150 Milliwatts of power with that one on 440 mhz.
