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    Test Mast Switchover

    At home, I usually have 4 antennas on two masts. One mast I use for day to day viewing. This setup is a winegard HD8800 pointed at South Coulton, New York, and a Delhi VHF antenna pointed at Camp Fortune. These antenna are combined with a good reliably CM7777 preamp. This gets me 21 DTV stations 24/7.

    My other mast is simply used for DXing, testing and playing around. For the last year I have had a single cut 21 antenna and a big Channel master CM4242 antenna. The CM4242 is a very good long range combo antenna but I wanted to try a more specialized higher gain UHF only antenna for DXing and experimenting with WPTZ Plattsburg. At the same time I wanted to fix my kitztech preamp on the test mast so I decided to do an antenna switchover.

    Test Antenna 1: For DXing I decided to try a Delhi CYD-1430. I had planned to use a Winegard 9032 for the test mast, but I traded for the Delhi from JimLum. Thanks Jim! The Delhi is very highly rated for reception between 14-30, the main range of stations that interest me. The gain is listed at a crazy 13-14 dBd. Unfortunately they are not available anymore for purchase. Hopefully it will be as good as the spec. indicates.

    Test Antenna 2. Other than DXing, my main two quests are regular reception of WPTZ Plattsburg (14) and WNTI Watertown (21), so I decoded to continue my tests with my single cut channel 21, but with an upgraded preamp.

    Pre-amps: Both antennas require a good quality pre-amp for my tests. For the CYD-1430, I decided to try the new Antennas Direct CPA19. The CPA19 has a lower noise ratio (1.7db) than the CM7777 (2 db) and is slightly cheaper. I regularly stock the CPA19. So far it looks good. I'll publish more later. For the single cut 21, I am going back to my Kitztech pre-amp. The Kitztech has a low noise figure of 0.5db but in the past it would only work for me with a FM trap before it. I decided to give it another try with a better low loss FM trap.

    Rotor: I am always reluctant to incorporate a rotor in an antenna setup, typically only recommending it in cases where the user is rural and between opposing transmission sites. Another use is for DXing/hobbyists. Thus I decided to go with a rotor in my test setup this time. I chose the Antennas Direct rotor, primarily because it was cheaper than the Channel Master and I had no need to yet another IR remote in my family room. Both are comparable rotors.

    For fun I decide to put two antennas on the rotor, Originally I was going to fix the channel 21 antenna below the rotor and point it directly to Watertown for WNTI (ABC) but the overall weight of the two antennas was less than I thought, and it would be fun to be able to move this around also. Both antennas have separate RG6 coax runs. No combining.

    Pictures can be found below. The last picture shows my primary mast with my HD8800 and Delhi.

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