Thread: Best damn OTA antenna array, period. At any price. Which one?

I would second the nomination of the finco 400 as best deep fringe home brew for VHF high. Even toning down the gain a little to keep SWR below 2.7 ( 2.3 max actual in last model) gives 11.5 -13.5 dBi net gain. And some 400s models hit 15 dBi at one optimized channel (but SWR climbs above 2.7 at more than 1 channel away from the channel optimized for... usually) The 400-A included notches to give UHF reception as well. Models show UHF performance is less than spectacular even though it hits a max of 14 dBi raw gain at channel 32-33. I don't know what gave such good results (175 miles to Lubbock TX) but the antenna models out at a net gain of 11 dBi at channel 28. So I suspect it was something besides just the antenna. I investigated this antenna mostly because I saw reviews that compared it favorably to a CM 4251 but sadly it doesn't. Also note this is a large antenna at ~ 8.5 x 7.5 feet.