[C320-list] TV Antenna

[Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com]

Jerry,

I think this what Ray has....we will all be the Isthmus this weekend,
perhaps you can get off your ass and join us over there... :)

OD


                                                                          
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Jerry:

My father bought and used a 'Boatenna', made by a company of the same
name.  It worked very well.  See below link.

http://boatenna.com/framesample1_000002.htm

One advantage is that it's omnidirectional (most home TV antennas are
directional) so you don't need to fiddle with finding/pointing it
towards the TV stations.  It's also fairly immune to the effects of
boat rocking which changes the antennas polarization and can cause
'ghosting' and color distortion of the picture with other antennas.
It's easily put up/taken down.  As with most equipment bearing the word
'marine', it's ridiculously expensive at $70 for some assembled
aluminum parts, etc., but that's the drill.

Bob Seastream
Intuition # 906


On Oct 25, 2006, at 2:01 PM, Jerry Clayton wrote:

> Thinking of installing a  tv and was curious what type of antennas
> others are using.  A friend put a A/B switch on his VHF radio antenna
> and is getting good reception. Before I go that route I was wondering
> if anyone is running antennas up the halyards or had any other ideas
> that they found had worked.  Looking to keep this simple, as I do not
> want to mount any  tv antennas to the mast.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Clayton
> Tropo #988
> Marina Del Rey, Ca
>






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