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Originally Posted by TVTim
I bought one of these off ebay for about half the price. Mounted in my basement on the ceiling. I can get all the channels in my area. They come in clear and being in the basement, never a worry about it being damaged in a storm.
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Those use concentric rings to optimize wavelengths over the "new" UHF band channels 14-51, similar in principle to the vintage JFD unit pictured by Walterbeers
I have seen a few of those showing up around here (SE of Lancaster) where all the transmitters are to the west and northwest.
I have not tried one myself but for Hi-band VHF, it would work on WGAL-8 @ 20 miles which has about double the power of WHTM* on 10 @ 40 miles away on which it would definitely NOT work.
*The ABC channel on 10 is considered "local" but is a major headache for most locations around here, while the other channels are pretty easy.
Unfortunately, only Blonder Tongue or Wade antennas still make a 10-element, single-channel Yagi for VHF and its not cheap.