New antenna project
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Cincinnati is 170 miles from me the way the crow flys. I'm not counting on it, but am hoping for Dayton/Columbus/Cleveland at 125 miles.."ish"...haha.
Too much wind last week for my antenna guy. Hoping for calmer winds in the next few days. I'm paying $40/Hr to keep my 240 pounds at grade!!
My APS-13 will be at about 43 feet. Six feet under the horizontally stacked UHF Yagi's (XG-91). I purchased an eight foot, 1.25 inch OD, chrome molley tube, 0.095 wall off of a supply house on eBay. ($35). The stacking brackets and fiberglass horizontal beam I'm using for the UHF's are designed for 1.25 inch OD tube. Hoping for greatly improved off air HD reception on my Dish 722.
Didn't see WKRP on "radio-locator.com"....haha. Can you receive it from your location on skip??? (or time warp....haha).
Thanks,
Bill (Marconi)
Fast_Eddie
Upper-middle fi
lol. That's a great looking antena.
I'm from Cincinnati and somehow never heard WKRP...
I'm from Cincinnati and somehow never heard WKRP...
New antenna raised.....still no WKRP
Attached is a photo of the new antennas raised.
Discovered the old Channelmaster UHF/VHF combo with a pre-amp had the FM trap switched ON.
90 miles isn't bad for a 42 foot piece of coax to the pre-amp (or whatever the FM trap let through).
Still can't get WKRP....haha. Maybe I need one of those low noise GaAs (gallium arsinide, spelling?) FET preamps and another 30 feet??
Marconi
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Attached is a photo of the new antennas raised.
Discovered the old Channelmaster UHF/VHF combo with a pre-amp had the FM trap switched ON.
90 miles isn't bad for a 42 foot piece of coax to the pre-amp (or whatever the FM trap let through).
Still can't get WKRP....haha. Maybe I need one of those low noise GaAs (gallium arsinide, spelling?) FET preamps and another 30 feet??
Marconi
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WOW!! 170.4 miles. FM DX
Does it pull in WKRP..in Cinncinati.
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10:45-11:30PM eastern (so far), May 27, 2008.
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I'm a new APS-13 owner (at 43 feet), most likely great conditions to the south.....but I'm listening to WEBN, 102.7 FM, from Cincinnati Ohio. 170.4 miles from Whitehouse, OH 43571, per radio-locator.com.
No WKRP, but I am listening to Cincinnati as I type. Stereo will lock in (auto tune mode), but not hold and is noisy. I am getting fade about every 6-8 minutes, which means some noise in manual tune, Mono mode, and drop out in stereo (auto tune) mode. No dead time for close to an hour (in Mono).
I'm using a Yamaha RX-595 stereo receiver. (My recently purchased Yamaha T-85 from eBay is in for alignment :thumbsdn.
This RX-595 is a bit of a sleeper as I suspected. I kept it because the tuner in my RX-V2500 surround receiver sucked by comparison. The RX-595 has issues/problems with bleed-over if there is a powerful station 200 khz away, but VERY sensitive (0.8 uV useable sensitivity). The bleed over is much more pronounced with the APS-13.
Cincinnati is almost due south of me. That's where I place my "zero" on the rotor. In trying 0-10 degrees, verses 350-360 degrees on the rotor setting, I had to "swing" the antenna around the whole polar plot several times. The APS-13 would pull in 5-6 stations around the swing (left tuned to 102.7 FM), including one just off north that pegged the meter (100%). That's my unsolicited testimonial regarding front to back rejection of an APS-13.
OK, I'm rambling as my wife would say.
APS-13...having fun with the new toys.:thmbsp:
Marconi (Bill)
That sounds awesome..Your going to get me motivated to get one up on my tower.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-qNxTTGAuc&feature=related <------ WKRP , I was in love with Loni.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-qNxTTGAuc&feature=related <------ WKRP , I was in love with Loni.
:yes:
:yes:
I was a young rocker at the time.
I'd have to go with Dr. Johnny Fever. Also thought the fake office boundary from Les Nessman was cute. Old office humor.
Jennifer (Loni Anderson) was too "made up" for me.
Just one mans opinion.
WEBN is still coming in tonight (Mono). OK, not as strong, but I know were to find it.
Marconi (Bill)
Paul C
Super Member
Photo snapped during a "fly by" of my property.....
B.S. aside, APS-13 at 43 feet, UHF Yagi's, +6 1/2 feet.
Marconi
That sounds awesome..Your going to get me motivated to get one up on my tower.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-qNxTTGAuc&feature=related <------ WKRP , I was in love with Loni.
WEBN Cincinnati is only 17 KW per fcc.gov site
I'm waiting for my Yamaha T-85 to get back from an alignment.....
FM DX performance = antenna.....Period.
Marconi
rsfmotoman
Super Member
Nice work Marconi.
Too bad the best station (WOXY) here in Cincinnati is only available in HD and internet. Regular terrestrial signal gone for several years.
Good job though!
Too bad the best station (WOXY) here in Cincinnati is only available in HD and internet. Regular terrestrial signal gone for several years.
Good job though!
No RF preamp with the FM Yagi (APS-13).
The UHF Yagi's on top have a signal combiner and Channelmaster preamp.
Bill
