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   Message 390 of 2,531   
   Roy Witt to TOM WALKER   
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   30 Apr 14 15:39:41   
   
   Greetings TOM!   
      
      
    RW>> Greetings Ed!   
      
    RW> EV>> I forgot to mention I looked at my TV Antenna and it has One   
    RW> EV>> Boom, so it's a Yagi not a LPA.   
      
    RW>> My Austin stations antenna (21 deg north-north east) is a Quad   
    RW>> bow-tie with a large reflector behind each one.   
      
    RW>> My San Antonio stations antenna (196 deg south-south west) is a 10   
    RW>> element yagi with a corner reflector.   
      
      
    TW> My first try at recieving the digitasl UHF stations was an Eight   
    TW> bow-tie antenna with reflectors.   
    TW> No go so then I bought a 20 Element Yagi with a Corner reflector.   
    TW> Still unwatchable, Lots if pixlelation in the recieved   
    TW> signals.   
      
   FYI, a LPA has more gain than the yagi, in the same size boom length. Plus   
   it can be more broad banded if you want it to be. That page you posted a   
   link to has a LPA almost identical to the LPAs we built back in the 60s   
   while working at Solar. If you click on that LPA with the booms at a right   
   angle to each other, there should be  link there to a formula to determine   
   the lengths of radials and booms that you could build to get those   
   stations you don't get now.   
      
       Have a day!   
      
            R\%/itt - K5RXT   
      
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    * Origin: HAM Radio, aka Amateur Radio. 804? Over! (1:387/22)   

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