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Re: Best Directional HDTV antenna?
Be careful with the type of antenna. A "Yagi" antenna will be more directional the higher the gain. Just moving a few degrees one way or the other might cause some channels to disappear.
The flat sided (reflector) type antennas have a wider angle of gain. Here I have a few stations that are about 10 to 12 degrees apart in one direction, while the bulk of the remaining stations are almost all within a degree or two of each other. So I went with the type of antenna you can see in my picture. They are mounted on a Ham Radio tower about 20 feet from the top. Height can be critical as well. That is one reason they are not at the top of the tower. I get better reception at the lower height. You just have to experiment a bit. With the two antennas I have, I get about 8 station OTA.
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