Hi
I hope you guys can help me. This is what I got from antennaweb:
* yellow - uhf WGFL-DT 28.1 CBS HIGH SPRINGS FL 257° 13.4 28
* yellow - uhf WUFT-DT 36.1 PBS GAINESVILLE FL 311° 2.6 36
* yellow - uhf WCJB-DT 20.1 ABC GAINESVILLE FL 198° 10.7 16
* green - uhf WOGX-DT 51.1 FOX OCALA FL 180° 22.7 31
Note the four orientations (180,199,257,311) and the distance, furtherst being 22.7 miles. I am only interested for these digital signals for my samsung SIR-T451 HDTV tuner.
The issue is that I do not want a rotor and another remote since the orientations are spread out. I want all the channels available at the same time. The signal is going to 1 TV. I got two recomendations:
1) Get a DB8 (multidirectional with 100° beam width) antenna and aim 1 array (ie a DB4 antena) at 190° (to get 180° and 198° transmitters) and the other array at 285° (to get 257° and 311°). I am afraid of ghosting and multipath (what is multipath?). Basically two multi-directional antennas in different directiond.
2) Get a DB4, basically one array of DB8, (multidirectional with 90° beam width) and aim it at 210° to get (257°,198° and 180° - all within a 80° beam width) and hope to get 311° from behind (but the back of 210° is 30°) since it is 2.5 miles away. If I cannot receive it then add a small directional antenna to avoid ghosting.
Is choice (2) good? If I were to add the second directional antenna what equipment will I need (e.g. combiner) and more important what distance should I leave between the multidirectional and directional antennas or the two multidirectional if I were to go with choice (1) (vertical and horizontal - I have the liberty to place them in different places).
Thank you for taking the time to read this and I appreciate any help.
Stressed OTA fan.
I hope you guys can help me. This is what I got from antennaweb:
* yellow - uhf WGFL-DT 28.1 CBS HIGH SPRINGS FL 257° 13.4 28
* yellow - uhf WUFT-DT 36.1 PBS GAINESVILLE FL 311° 2.6 36
* yellow - uhf WCJB-DT 20.1 ABC GAINESVILLE FL 198° 10.7 16
* green - uhf WOGX-DT 51.1 FOX OCALA FL 180° 22.7 31
Note the four orientations (180,199,257,311) and the distance, furtherst being 22.7 miles. I am only interested for these digital signals for my samsung SIR-T451 HDTV tuner.
The issue is that I do not want a rotor and another remote since the orientations are spread out. I want all the channels available at the same time. The signal is going to 1 TV. I got two recomendations:
1) Get a DB8 (multidirectional with 100° beam width) antenna and aim 1 array (ie a DB4 antena) at 190° (to get 180° and 198° transmitters) and the other array at 285° (to get 257° and 311°). I am afraid of ghosting and multipath (what is multipath?). Basically two multi-directional antennas in different directiond.
2) Get a DB4, basically one array of DB8, (multidirectional with 90° beam width) and aim it at 210° to get (257°,198° and 180° - all within a 80° beam width) and hope to get 311° from behind (but the back of 210° is 30°) since it is 2.5 miles away. If I cannot receive it then add a small directional antenna to avoid ghosting.
Is choice (2) good? If I were to add the second directional antenna what equipment will I need (e.g. combiner) and more important what distance should I leave between the multidirectional and directional antennas or the two multidirectional if I were to go with choice (1) (vertical and horizontal - I have the liberty to place them in different places).
Thank you for taking the time to read this and I appreciate any help.
Stressed OTA fan.
