hmmm... transformer, expensive? Unless there is one in the wall, I don't know of any. I do not even know what the wire coming from the antenna is. It could be 75U, with twin lead in the house, or twin lead all the way from the stick down. Thoughts?
On Thu, 3 Sep 2009, Tom Fowle wrote: > Spiro, > Not sure what you meant there, but amplifiers and the like as well as T.V. > and digital converter boxes all reequire 75 ohm coax. If you're > using twin lead and not including balun transformers to transform the > impetance > to 75 ohms, there's your problem > > We had to move our antennas to the attic because the new roof's > warranty would be invalidated by any antenna being mounted on it. > Using the home made antenna i detailed previously for some stations and > a big log periodic array for some others, > along with a 15 DB amplifier, it's marginal. > > I think the roof manufacturers are in colusion with the cable companies > to try to force us to get cable! <GRIN> Not having any! > > If the signals are in the noise, no amount of amplification is going to get > them out of the noise. > > Tom Fowle > >
