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Do I Need an Antenna Rotor?
Stations in more than one direction? Learn when a rotor beats a fixed antenna, when two antennas and a combiner work better, why DVRs…
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Indoor vs Outdoor TV Antenna: Which to Install
How installers decide between an indoor, attic or outdoor TV antenna: reception surveys, what roofs and walls do to signal, VHF limits, and how…
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Roof Tripod vs Antenna Mast: How to Mount
A tripod holds the mast, it does not replace it. Compare roof tripods, wall and eave brackets, chimney straps and towers by height, roof…
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How to Ground a TV Antenna Safely
A step-by-step guide to grounding a TV antenna: bonding the mast, placing the antenna grounding block, conductor sizes, common mistakes and what NEC Article…
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RG6 vs RG59: Which Coax Cable to Use
RG6 and RG59 look alike but lose signal very differently. See the SCTE loss figures, where each cable belongs on antenna, satellite and CCTV…
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How to Choose an Antenna Preamplifier
A mast-mount preamp can rescue a weak UHF channel or overload a whole system. How noise figure, gain, cable loss and FM or 600…