[kwlug-disc] Home made indoor TV Antenna

[William Park]

On Tue, Jul 08, 2014 at 02:22:16AM -0400, Andrew Kohlsmith (mailing lists account) wrote:
> On Jul 8, 2014, at 2:11 AM, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
> > That antenna with a rotor could pull things from different
> > directions. He is getting Hamilton from North West Waterloo (close
> > to the west end of Northfield), but the tree is blocking Toronto for
> > him. Maybe it will not get Toronto at all, but maybe it can.
> 
> That is exactly my point. Why use an 8-bay antenna with ~180 degree
> field of view with marginal gain if you?re putting it on a rotor?
> You?d be far better served by using a higher gain, more directional
> antenna on a rotor since you?re already resigned to turning the
> antenna.

His 8-bay is advertised as 15 degree.  My 4-bay is 45 degree.
-- 
William