A re-test of Winegard’s FlatWave antenna, combined with a newcomer (Antennas Direct Micron XG) = another visit to Turner Engineering!
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HDTV Expert - Useful Gadgets: Wall-Mounted DTV Antennas Revisited
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Re: HDTV Expert - Useful Gadgets: Wall-Mounted DTV Antennas Revisited
These tests, as described, are very dependent on compass orientation (and even the vertical tilt, if any) of the window where they were conducted. Since, presumably, the window did not precisely face broadside to any of the ststions, the off-axis "radiation beam" of the different antennas probaly differ considerably from each other, thus skewing the results. In fact in my experience (while designing UHF antennas for a manufacturer in the 60's and 70's) the vertical orientation is a totally and universaly overlooked factor. In my own home I mounted directional (yagi) UHF antennas on a mast with two rotors, one horizontal, one vertical and the results were surprising. But in the case of flat indoor antennas, such as those tested, the "radiation beam" is complex and optimum orientation can only be determined by trial and error for each individual antenna (like adjusting the "rabbit ears" of days gone by!).