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|    Jonathan N. Little to Paul    |
|    Re: Can a Roku streaming stick be used t    |
|    28 Mar 18 01:56:32    |
      XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.home.repair       From: lws4art@gmail.com              Paul wrote:       > On a good day, the curve for this one says it gets 10dBi on       > a range of frequencies. In Canada where I live, they were really really       > clever, and spread the damn channels over VHF LOW, VHF HIGH,       > and UHF, complicating home antenna construction. I can't drop       > VHF here, because of that aspect (I'd probably lose half       > the channels - there was room to put *all* the channels in       > the UHF section if they'd wanted). OTA TV is treated as       > a joke here, in terms of intelligent frequency selection.       > One station was left on Channel 4, so the owner could keep       > the transmitter part, and change the modulation or something.       > There was some clever scheme to make the transition cheaper       > for the station owner, and make my antenna work more difficult :-)       >       > https://www.onetransistor.eu/2015/01/gray-hoverman-wideband-vh       -uhf-antenna.html              Built one of those with rotor and amp. I'm in deep-deep fringe. Closest       station 60 miles with most > 100 miles. Have over a dozen stations.              --       Take care,              Jonathan       -------------------       LITTLE WORKS STUDIO       http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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