"Duane Allen" wrote in message
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John wrote:
Gents,
Bit of a "ring in" question here but I cant think of
anywhere/anyone else who may know. I,ve put up a yagi TV antenna with
from memory about 19 elements plus reflector. It seems to be too
directional so I can get one signal source perfectly and one poorly
because they are in slightly different directions. Question is, if I
remove some of the elements ( the way the thing is made I can unscrew the
front seven or so) will that make the antenna less directional?. Or if
not, is it able to be done?
Cheers
John

If your using the antenna for HDTV, you need only the UHF elements, which
for many TV antennas are the shorter elements at the front end of the
antenna. The VHF elements will not be needed when all OTA TV stations go
to HDTV.

That information could be more incorrect, but not much. When the switch-over
to all-digital takes place, there will still be VHF and UHF stations. There
is no mandate for TV stations to go UHF only, in fact, 2 of our 4 locals
will be going BACK to VHF when the switch-over date hits. Depending on your
area, you may have UHF only or a mix of VHF and UHF when the all-digital
switch is mandated. This makes it important to know what your locals plans
are before spending money on an antenna for HD (actually for digital, HD has
nothing to do with it)