[Antennas] Help! Tv reception lousy in middle of town!

Tue Jun 19 07:36:09 EDT 2007

A true omni TV antenna with gain on more than one or two channels is impossible. That would make the antenna cover from 54 to 700MHz.....a log periodic yagi will do but there is no vertical omni made to do that. Are the TV stations all in one direction (usually they are)? Looking at Lubbock, I see most stations are on the South side of town near the loop. But you do have a lot of Class A and LPTVs in the city...that could be an issue...
JUst a good pair of rabbit ears would work I bet.....depending on your location....Otherwise, I would put a VHF-UHF antenna on the tower....Believe me, lightning will find its way regardless of whether you are mounted there or not...so make sure it is grounded good and use lightning protection on the feedline.
Chris
WB5ITT
(2way/Broadcast engineer)
-----Original Message-----
>From: Rod <ka5ejx at suddenlink.net>
>Sent: Jun 19, 2007 2:07 AM
>To: antennas at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [Antennas] Help! Tv reception lousy in middle of town!
>>Help me build an antenna. Anyone have plans for OMNI with gain. Need VHF and UHF plus HD channels.
>I have tried nearly every (internal and external) antenna I can find but still lousy reception in the middle of town. I must live right in that lousy spot of multipath or something to that nature. Guess I could build 4 Yagi's and point at each station. I have a 50ft. ham tower, but dont want tv antenna on it because of potential lightning, but I can mount a lower pole if I can find the right plans for a good antenna.
>Any/all ideas and input are welcome.
>Thanks much,
>Rod