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  1. dodge

    Picking up Madison,WI channels from afar

    Dennis Have you tried swinging that antenna west ot southwest towards madison to see what you get??
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    how do I find a local antenna repairman, or installer?

    there is an all time high in ham operators as of now. Radio Days Are Back: Ham Radio Licenses at an All-Time High | Fox News
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    OTA Antenna Poll

    Im using a Winegard HD8200P with AP8275 Preamp, get all Chicago Locals at 65 miles with 100% on a Dish 622. Its on a rotor, no luck getting any rockford locals at the same distance.
  4. dodge

    Farthest tv station you have received?

    Back some time during the mid 90"s I logged Channel 2 i Believe out of Boston in Sugar Grove IL. Was using an older winegard long periodic antenna. The furtheset digital Ive ever got was abc out of Dayton Ohio during some great hot summer tropo!! I regularly receive Milwaukee Wi and Quad Cities...
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    Now, don't laugh...help me pull in OTA FOX

    Yes the Permacolor 10G205c is indeed a preamp please see http://www.dowelectronics.com/ProductImages/BroadcastAntennaandAmplifiers,BroadcastInstallationandDistributionAccessories-SectionVI3.pdf do a control F in the pdf and search for the 10G205C and you"ll see it. ANTC 10G205C ...
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    Dish DVR 625 and OTA channels

    The 625 does not have an ota tuner, it is a standard rf pass thru no tuner. The 625 will not tune or record off of ota just off dish and in sd only!!! You need a convertor box or ota dvr such as a tivo or dtvpal dvr!!!
  7. dodge

    Looking for QUALITY UHF / VHF TV antenna

    ikki kb9ndb here if you want a quality antenna go with the winegard, they dont fall apart and they last forever!! My parents has been up for over 30 years still works and all the elements are still there, i have a winegard hd8200p on my roof and has survived tornaods winds storms and ice...
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    Looking for a 100 mile HD UHF VHF Antenna

    I ve seen that winegard around lasalle peru get chicago ota locals it can be done!!!
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    Between two cities

    yes you can put up two antennas and you should use a combiner like this one Winegard Direct.com - Winegard CC 7870 2-Way TV Antenna Joiner Coupler (CC7870) | Winegard [CC-7870] CC 7870 CC-7870 CC7870 CC-7870 just make sure the lengths of the two coaxes from both antennas are the same...
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    Any chance an antenna will work in North. NJ?

    This is what I got for andover nj 10048 DTV Antenna Type Call Sign Channel Network City, State Live Date Compass Heading Miles From RF Channel * yellow uhf WNBC-DT 4.1 NBC NEW YORK, NY 338° 0.1 28 * yellow vhf WPIX-DT 11.1 CW NEW YORK, NY 335° 0.1 11 * yellow uhf WCBS-DT 2.1...
  11. dodge

    OTA antenna grounding question

    I had an inspector fail an electrical inspection on a 4 unit apt because the directv installer didnt ground anything!!!!! Cost the owner 220 bucks!!!
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    Anyone know what this is?

    winegard made a lot of those and seen a lot of them in older commercial buildings, hospitals schools and nursing homes with lots of jacks supposed to be a tap and have no loss as there is no spl;itter, seemed to work well back in the analog days, my aunt had one in her apt building when I...
  13. dodge

    add vhf ?

    Old man are you on Douglas Lake???
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    Please check my distribution setup

    I would stay away from using diplexors if at all possible, you may lose a lot of signal by using diplexors but it can work, if the frequency range of that old dist amp is 2-900 mhz it may not work as some digital tv stuff is over 900 mhz, I know that cable tv amps dont work for ota reception.
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    FM over HD Antenna and indoor vs outdoor

    easy solution winegard HD8200u will get fm, all tv and a rotor on a 5' ttripod on the roof and pair it with a winegard ap8275 preamp will get you everything, one antenna less complicated all services, just make sure to set the fm trap out on the preamp!!!
  16. dodge

    What is this cable?

    300 ohm twinlead makes a nice antenna for 2 meter ham radio as well, as for tv I think it sucks!!!
  17. dodge

    Head Scratcher, 64772

    Replace the balun, it may be gone!!! They are cheap have you tried another tv or other convertor box??? They may be bad due to the storm!!!
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    NBC 5 Chicago 5.1 choppy for Bears game

    splicer Glad to see there are some people here who still can comprehend a sentence. I spoke to another member a friend of mine on avs forums and he confirmed it was a problem on NBC's end not on mine. He had the same issue.
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    Is it possible to run two leads from single OTA to reduce splitters

    Ohms law has nothing o do with it is an Impedance mismatch problem. Use a preamp and a high quality splitter with a low db loss at each port. also make sure your spliter is swept tested for 2200 mhz or above and cap any unused port with the 75 ohm terminators. I have a 8 way splitter on my...
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    Is it possible to get far away stations?

    I love tv dxing, I use a winegard HD8200p with an ap8275 preamp and rotor. I have picked up from chicago area Milwaukee, madison, quad cities, south bend, wausau, green bay, Indianappolis, Peoria IL Champaign Urbana, bloomington. I one time grabbed a Dayton Ohio station but it was gone after a...
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    NBC 5 Chicago 5.1 choppy for Bears game

    yes how rude!!!! I found my prob, the 622 is a pos, did a hard rebott and the prob went away, the dtv pal worked fine so I knew it was a 622 problem.
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    NBC 5 Chicago 5.1 choppy for Bears game

    JB Antenna is a winegard HD8200p AMp is an Ap 8275 winegard On a rotor 35 feet up on the roof Signal on NBC is 100% according to the tuner, was the weather or station or the crummy 622 not the antenna!!!
  23. dodge

    NBC 5 Chicago 5.1 choppy for Bears game

    Watching the Bears lose on NBC 5.1 WMAQ and Pictures has been choppy. nyone else seeing this . SIgnal on antenna is 100% according to my 622 OTA tuner.
  24. dodge

    antenna

    havenx there has been some tropospheric ducting going on the last couple of days. Earlier tonight I was sitting in the truck listening to fm stations from Missouri, southern il wisconsin and michigan here in the Chicago area. Get a non penetating roof mount and mount a converntion antenna on...