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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.   
      
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   Take care,   
      
   Jonathan   
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