11-09-2023, 08:53 PM
This is all been said before but may bear repeating:
Terrain affects signal.
Amplification is inferior to a good antenna, on an S/N level.
There is no such thing as a 'digital antenna'.
Under some circumstances, amplification can compensate for lack of a good antenna.
For amplification to be helpful, it has to be high-gain and low-noise, not a common combination, and it has to have enough OTA signal to amplify.
You need to know if your stations are VHF or UHF, so you can determine the proper antenna.
Most digital stations are UHF, but sometimes a combination VHF/UFH antenna is needed.
Sometimes a signal in an urban environment gets bounced around (multipath) and a high-gain antenna omni-directonal antenna makes that worse.
Terrain affects signal.
Amplification is inferior to a good antenna, on an S/N level.
There is no such thing as a 'digital antenna'.
Under some circumstances, amplification can compensate for lack of a good antenna.
For amplification to be helpful, it has to be high-gain and low-noise, not a common combination, and it has to have enough OTA signal to amplify.
You need to know if your stations are VHF or UHF, so you can determine the proper antenna.
Most digital stations are UHF, but sometimes a combination VHF/UFH antenna is needed.
Sometimes a signal in an urban environment gets bounced around (multipath) and a high-gain antenna omni-directonal antenna makes that worse.