Gotta have it to get in the door at MDUs. 

Thankfully for me, the two DMAs have their important stations in pretty much 
two spots downtown Chicago (Sears Tower and Hancock Center) and just west of 
Rockford (two sites, but roughly the same angle from me). 


Per antennaweb, some stations I need red, some blue, and some violet. 




----- 
Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 

Midwest Internet Exchange 

The Brothers WISP 




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From: "Chuck McCown via AF" <[email protected]> 
To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <[email protected]> 
Cc: [email protected] 
Sent: Sunday, December 6, 2020 12:27:54 PM 
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OTA Receive Antennas 




Different channels have wildly different RX levels. I would start with any 
generic antenna and do a spectrum analysis. See if you need gain for particular 
antennas. Too much signal can mess up a channel too. And even having plenty of 
signal does not mean it will work. If there is multipath a strong signal will 
be ignored by the receiver. 

I would use a small indoor antenna mounted up in an attic space if I could get 
away with it. 

But why start IPTV now? I have done two systems and will never do it again. 




From: Jason Wilson 
Sent: Sunday, December 6, 2020 10:46 AM 
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group 
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OTA Receive Antennas 


When I was managing the local radioshack in my previous life, Neilsen bought 
our high-end antenna vu-210 which I think is still produced today under the 
antennacraft name. 

If your just looking for a quality UHF antenna the 8 bay bowtie from channel 
master is a quality antenna. 


On Sun, Dec 6, 2020, 06:38 Mike Hammett < [email protected] > wrote: 


Is there a more professional higher-quality series of OTA receive antenna one 
would be using if they're building out an IPTV system versus the type of 
antenna I would buy for my house? I know an antenna is an antenna, but for 
instance, I know build quality is a thing. 

If standard consumer-grade is fine, so be it. 

-----Mike HammettIntelligent Computing SolutionsMidwest Internet ExchangeThe 
Brothers WISP 

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