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Has anyone had any luck putting an all band antenna in their attic and
getting good reception? I put one of Grove's dipoles in my attic and get
poorer reception than with the back of the set antennas. These antennas
do a great job when mounted outside, which I can no longer do.
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"Tom Pamin" wrote in message
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Has anyone had any luck putting an all band antenna in their attic and
getting good reception? I put one of Grove's dipoles in my attic and get
poorer reception than with the back of the set antennas. These antennas do
a great job when mounted outside, which I can no longer do.


If you used the same antenna with success outside, then I would suspect
there's a problem with the feed line in your new installation. Is it much
longer or a different type of line? Which antenna is it? A dipole wouldn't
normally work well as an all-band antenna, would it?

- Doug


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"Tom Pamin" wrote in message
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Has anyone had any luck putting an all band antenna in their attic and
getting good reception? I put one of Grove's dipoles in my attic and get
poorer reception than with the back of the set antennas. These antennas do
a great job when mounted outside, which I can no longer do.


You would get better responses if you learned how to CROSS-POST instead of
making separate posts in multiple newsgroups. I replied to this post in
another group...


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On Sun, 20 May 2007 03:06:56 GMT, Janitor Boy Jr wrote:

On Sat, 19 May 2007 21:27:12 -0500, PowerHouse Communications tossed this
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"Tom Pamin" wrote in message
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Has anyone had any luck putting an all band antenna in their attic and
getting good reception? I put one of Grove's dipoles in my attic and get
poorer reception than with the back of the set antennas. These antennas
do a great job when mounted outside, which I can no longer do.


You would get better responses if you learned how to CROSS-POST instead of
making separate posts in multiple newsgroups. I replied to this post in
another group...


and on the other hand, some of us don't want to read cross posts...


Idiots and trolls cross-post. The rest of us adhere to commonly
accepted Usenet etiquette and avoid doing so.


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I'm using the Grove Omni-II. I just replaced the feedline and moved the
antenna some, and it seems to be working better.

DougSlug wrote:
"Tom Pamin" wrote in message
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Has anyone had any luck putting an all band antenna in their attic and
getting good reception? I put one of Grove's dipoles in my attic and get
poorer reception than with the back of the set antennas. These antennas do
a great job when mounted outside, which I can no longer do.


If you used the same antenna with success outside, then I would suspect
there's a problem with the feed line in your new installation. Is it much
longer or a different type of line? Which antenna is it? A dipole wouldn't
normally work well as an all-band antenna, would it?

- Doug




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"Janitor Boy Jr" wrote in message
news:kXO3i.8915$xP.2664@trndny04...
On Sat, 19 May 2007 21:27:12 -0500, PowerHouse Communications tossed this
out for all to see:


"Tom Pamin" wrote in message
...
Has anyone had any luck putting an all band antenna in their attic and
getting good reception? I put one of Grove's dipoles in my attic and get
poorer reception than with the back of the set antennas. These antennas
do a great job when mounted outside, which I can no longer do.


You would get better responses if you learned how to CROSS-POST instead
of
making separate posts in multiple newsgroups. I replied to this post in
another group...


and on the other hand, some of us don't want to read cross posts...


If you had a decent newsreader, you wouldn't have to read cross-posts,
because the newsreader would mark any as already read or not even download
it all... Apparently you don't have one.


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"John Kasupski" wrote in message
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On Sun, 20 May 2007 03:06:56 GMT, Janitor Boy Jr wrote:

On Sat, 19 May 2007 21:27:12 -0500, PowerHouse Communications tossed this
out for all to see:


"Tom Pamin" wrote in message
...
Has anyone had any luck putting an all band antenna in their attic and
getting good reception? I put one of Grove's dipoles in my attic and
get
poorer reception than with the back of the set antennas. These antennas
do a great job when mounted outside, which I can no longer do.


You would get better responses if you learned how to CROSS-POST instead
of
making separate posts in multiple newsgroups. I replied to this post in
another group...


and on the other hand, some of us don't want to read cross posts...


Idiots and trolls cross-post. The rest of us adhere to commonly
accepted Usenet etiquette and avoid doing so.

OK then. Apparently you agree that wasting bandwidth is proper etiquette?
Better read up on your etiquette again...


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