Thanks Bryce. I will most likely pick one up. Neat use for an upside down tray-table. :) Seriously as that is quite useful as it can be turned without a rotator if you have it mounted that way. Is there any long term effects of folding and unfolding an antenna like this? The folded 35" by 6" footprint is very small.
Thanks again and 73, Dave in Indy -----Original Message----- From: Bryce Foster [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 1:28 AM To: Nollman, Bill Cc: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS; Jim Thomas; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Tvfmdx] [Amdx] Winegard HD-6000 FM antenna / New Sony XDR-F1HD You will find Brian Beezley's analysis of the HD-6000 more useful than Winegard's I'm sure. All of the measurements here are calculated on the dimensions of my antenna that I provided him, so it should be quite accurate. http://ham-radio.com/k6sti/hd6000.htm I've used the HD-6000 fairly extensively for tropo openings, and it's quite handy for my use indoors. I have a lot of indoor RFI to contend with, so I don't have any subjective observations on gain or weak-signal performance, but I do know that it's directionality is a big advantage over a dipole. If you have more space and/or money, go with something bigger of course, but go for the HD-6000 if you are really worried about space, it does a good job considering how small it is. Bryce Foster - KG6VSW Murfreesboro, TN EM65 On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Nollman, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: I liked the "TV HD ready antenna" listed on that page that covers channels 7-69. Bet they saved a lot of cost in longer elements by dropped VHF-Low. Bill -----Original Message----- From: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 2:21 PM To: Jim Thomas; [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Amdx] [Tvfmdx] Winegard HD-6000 FM antenna / New Sony XDR-F1HD I should also add that I find it laughable that they changed the PR-6000 name to HD-6000 to catch the (languishing) HD radio crowd. :) Dave in Indy -----Original Message----- From: Jim Thomas [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 2:16 PM To: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS; [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Tvfmdx] Winegard HD-6000 FM antenna / New Sony XDR-F1HD I have one NEW in the mfg. box. Bought a couple for resale for installations. I don't have firsthand exp. with the antenna - perhaps Bryce in TN will share his thoughts. He bought one of them from me a year or so ago. Jim Thomas Colorado ----- Original Message ----- From: "HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 9:18 AM Subject: [Tvfmdx] Winegard HD-6000 FM antenna / New Sony XDR-F1HD > Hi; > > Does anyone have any experience with the 4 element Winegard HD-6000 FM > antenna? > > http://tinyurl.com/3y9g2jw > > The specs state a 5db gain over a "reference dipole." I wonder if this > ultra small unit (33" boom) would give any worthwhile gain over rabbit > ears? Since an outdoor antenna is most likely out of the question, I > might be able to slide this through our small attic trap door, unfold it > and connect it. Would this be worthwhile? > > BTW - I just got the Sony XDR-F1HD Tuner. Got it Fry's on sale for $69. > NO analog interference from local 105.7 on 105.5 or .9. My old Accurian > HD radio (Goodwill find) has strong slop on .5 and .9 and it takes > strong Tr or skip to get by. HUGE improvement. Slightly better with > stations getting through adjacent channel IBOC noise. The Accurian is > still in use, I am feeding the Tuners audio out, to its line in. :) > This is with rabbit ears. > > Medium Wave: MUCH better than the Accurian. The HD icon flashes when it > is getting close to a lock. I am just using the included loop but I > laid that next to my Select-a-tenna (antenna booster). I saw the HD > icon flash on some non-locals like WLW, WBBM, KMOX and so on. In the > 2-3 minutes that I played with AM, the icon went solid on KMOX and it > displayed the calls. I'm not sure that the audio ever went HD but I > never had a smell on the Accurian with similar set ups. > > 73, > Dave in Indy > _______________________________________________ > This is the Official WTFDA TV/FM DX mailing list with 194 users. > Tvfmdx mailing list > To Post: [email protected] > Your Info Page and Tvfmdx List Archives: > http://lists.wtfda.info/listinfo.cgi/tvfmdx-wtfda.info > Check out the WTFDA forums at http://www.wtfda.info Upload and view audio, > photos, even video. Register first. > The official WTFDA website is http://www.wtfda.org > > _______________________________________________ This is Amdx - The WTFDA AM DX List. Amdx mailing list Post to: [email protected] Your Info Page: http://lists.wtfda.info/listinfo.cgi/amdx-wtfda.info Visit the WTFDA Forum at http://www.wtfda.info to view or upload your audio files! Register first. _______________________________________________ This is the Official WTFDA TV/FM DX mailing list with 194 users. 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