Hello all, I have read a lot on these forums and others about TV antennas and looked at the specs (computer models) of many of them. It seems like the two most popular for diy building is either some form of bowtie or gray hoverman design. I chose to build one of holl-ands models to test that doesn't seem to get any attention but I feel is a hidden gem. The model I am chatting about is his H+U 4-Bay Loop RLH4 - No Refl. It is a connected bowtie that is almost like a gray hoverman or zig-zag, but not, with a non connected high vhf loop. It has decent UHF gain and the High VHF gain is almost double of most of the bowtie or gray hoverman designs without reflector. It has good SWR on both UHF and High VHF. I understand every persons results will vary with location / environmental conditions for their location for which antenna is best for them.
Have any of you built this antenna?
I am curious how it compares with a 4 bay bowtie or a gray hoverman design. I wish I had more time to build one of each but I just don't have the time right now.
The following info is just describing what channels I was trying to get and why this particular antenna works for me. The one I built is only on a 17ft pole right now and a get a lot of channels in solid no mater the weather conditions. I live in alexandria indiana and am receiving all the Indianapolis channels and muncie indiana channels. The muncie channel is 18 miles from me and i get it off the side (90 degrees) of the antenna no problems. My antenna is facing the indanapolis channels which are any where from 32 miles to 38 miles from me line of sight (mostly UHF but also some are High VHF). I know that this is not that far of a distance compared to trying to get channels in longer range but I feel this antenna is very well suited for this distance. I also wanted an antenna that could receive from two directions because I am wanting to get marion indiana channels which are about 20 miles from me but is extremely low powered stations. The marion stations are pretty much 180 degrees from Indianapolis stations from me. I did receive one of the two marion stations one day but not reliable yet because I have a lot of trees in that direction and once I get my tv tower up so I can get my antenna up much higher and above the trees I feel like i will get them also with just the one antenna and without having to re-aim it hence why no reflector design. I have also received but not steady by any means some of the bloomington indiana channels which is in the Indianapolis direction just much farther away at around 60 miles. The same with fortwayne channels which is in the marion direction but again about 60 miles out. And strangely I occasionally received one lafayette indiana channel off the side (90 degrees) of the antenna that is a good distance from me but again not reliably.
Have any of you built this antenna?
I am curious how it compares with a 4 bay bowtie or a gray hoverman design. I wish I had more time to build one of each but I just don't have the time right now.
The following info is just describing what channels I was trying to get and why this particular antenna works for me. The one I built is only on a 17ft pole right now and a get a lot of channels in solid no mater the weather conditions. I live in alexandria indiana and am receiving all the Indianapolis channels and muncie indiana channels. The muncie channel is 18 miles from me and i get it off the side (90 degrees) of the antenna no problems. My antenna is facing the indanapolis channels which are any where from 32 miles to 38 miles from me line of sight (mostly UHF but also some are High VHF). I know that this is not that far of a distance compared to trying to get channels in longer range but I feel this antenna is very well suited for this distance. I also wanted an antenna that could receive from two directions because I am wanting to get marion indiana channels which are about 20 miles from me but is extremely low powered stations. The marion stations are pretty much 180 degrees from Indianapolis stations from me. I did receive one of the two marion stations one day but not reliable yet because I have a lot of trees in that direction and once I get my tv tower up so I can get my antenna up much higher and above the trees I feel like i will get them also with just the one antenna and without having to re-aim it hence why no reflector design. I have also received but not steady by any means some of the bloomington indiana channels which is in the Indianapolis direction just much farther away at around 60 miles. The same with fortwayne channels which is in the marion direction but again about 60 miles out. And strangely I occasionally received one lafayette indiana channel off the side (90 degrees) of the antenna that is a good distance from me but again not reliably.