Brotherly advice for outdoor antenna?

[annunaki]

My brother has had great luck with the Terk TV55.

He is in a rural area at least 40+ miles from some of the broadcast towers and he gets all the available HD stations in our area. He is even pulling some from outside our area.

It is not a cheap antenna but it works very well.

 

[Rickster71]

My brother has had great luck with the Terk TV55.

He is in a rural area at least 40+ miles from some of the broadcast towers and he gets all the available HD stations in our area. He is even pulling some from outside our area.

It is not a cheap antenna but it works very well.

Hi annunaki,
I been looking at that Terk for a while.
Where does your brother have it mounted?
I thought about my attic, but wondered how the power supply would deal with the summer heat.

 

[Wandering Man]

Here is the antenna I installed:

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5000835

I put it on top of this:

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5404320

The rotator is a nice little bonus. It makes a difference for some of the channels.

Wal-Mart: the electronics store for the poor living in rural areas.

WM

 

[Rickster71]

Here is the antenna I installed:

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5000835

I put it on top of this:

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5404320

The rotator is a nice little bonus. It makes a difference for some of the channels.

Wal-Mart: the electronics store for the poor living in rural areas.

WM

I had one of those for about five years.
I took it down, I was always worried it was going to be hit by lighting.
That is, after the house two doors down was struck.

 

[yettitheman]

I want one of these for SW use:
http://www.scannermaster.com/CLP_3100N_Log_Periodic_Antenna_p/40-541276.htm

Vote for most expensive antenna ever?

 

[Wandering Man]

I had one of those for about five years.
I took it down, I was always worried it was going to be hit by lighting.
That is, after the house two doors down was struck.

Lightning does strike the high spots.

It is important to have the things grounded.

WM

 

[annunaki]

Hi annunaki,
I been looking at that Terk for a while.
Where does your brother have it mounted?
I thought about my attic, but wondered how the power supply would deal with the summer heat.

It is mounted outdoors on the North East side of his home along the trim of the overhang.

I do not believe there is a power supply that I was aware of. It uses a passive amplifier.

All I know is it works extremely well. None of the stations break up and digitize.

 

[allargon]

I want one of these for SW use:
http://www.scannermaster.com/CLP_3100N_Log_Periodic_Antenna_p/40-541276.htm

Vote for most expensive antenna ever?

For $4K, I better be able to catch programs from distant solar systems from species and civilizations long dead. That's all I'm saying.

 

[Alex2507]

For $4K, I better be able to catch programs from distant solar systems from species and civilizations long dead. That's all I'm saying.

That's the next model up.

 

[Wandering Man]

That's the next model up.

Uhhh ... Gee ...

I don't think my back yard is big enough for that particular array ...



WM