Yagi's wide enough for all your channels... or do you only get one or
two contiguous?
I get every channel broadcast out of Seattle, as well as a few others from
nearby areas (FOX comes in fine from a hilltop across the Puget Sound from
Seattle and I pick up a few channels out of Bellevue).
Wide enough bandwidth is what I meant. Basically yagis work best
at a fairly narrow bandwidth. They'll work well for a channel or two, but
too far different channels won't work as well.
Yagi's don't have a very wide bandwidth but they can have good gain.
This one certainly does well on gain. I honestly haven't a clue what impact
not having very wide bandwidth has. Are you basically saying they aren't very
good at omni-directional reception? That's certainly true with this one, a
few degrees can make a big difference in signal quality. Fortunately,
everything I care about is within 304 to 307 degrees from me.
Remember that antenna "gain" is defined as a ratio of signal
strenth to that of an isotropic radiator. That pretty much means it *has*
to be directional. If you've got stations in different directions, that's
a problem, but for you they're apparently all in the same direction.
Amp as close to the antenna as possible?
There's some component of it that attaches to the antenna mast itself, so
there's maybe 6 to 12 inches of cable from the antenna to that, then the
other portion sits inside the house right where the connection comes inside.
Maybe an amp on the mast with power injector inside the house? A
pretty good way to go.
SNR's, noise figures, and LNAs bringing back horrible undergrad
calculation memories... :)
Ooohh, sounds fun... ;-)
Right.... :)
P-shaw! Try living in Juneau (or worse yet, Ketchikan), AK! People up
there go to Seattle to dry out... :)
Yeah, I have a few college buddies from Juneau and Anchorage who have some
stories...
I've never lived in Anchorage, but Juneau's definately quite
"moist."
-Cory
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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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