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Originally Posted by fargon
Does anybody know anything about indoor antennas. Wich type works the best and is cheepest?
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I design and build my own. Indoor antennas work just fine if (and this is the hard part) you know basic RF concepts.
Step one to getting any antenna starts with facts and numbers. One good place to start is this from the FCC:
DTV.gov
Step two. You must determine which if three bands are used by each station. Channels 2 through 6 were below the FM radio bands. Channels 7 through 13 were just above the FM radio and Airplane bands. Most informed stations moved to 600 Mhz - well about those other two frequencies. Easiest stations will be on Channel 14 and higher.
Now, if your station is on channel 4, it may actually be on channel 29. The station once on channel 4 will continue to call itself channel four when it really is on channel 29. The FCC map will make that obvious. You must know that to select the appropriate antenna.