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. If you remove the longer elements at the back end
of the antenna first, you may notice that the antenna is more able to
capture UHF signal sources that are aftward of the antenna structure.

Duane