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August 12th 04, 12:58 AM

Conan Ford

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(Steve) wrote in news:b55fd5d5.0408102009.370ea731
@posting.google.com:

I've heard good things about this antenna and recently acquired one.
The performance of this antenna is terrible. In fact, it's so bad that
for the past few days I've been scratching my head, wondering what I
could possibly be doing wrong. It's a very simple setup...so simple
that I can't think of anything I *could* be doing wrong. Just hang it
and attach it to your receiver and you should be good to go. Yet the
reception I get with this antenna is vastly inferior to what I get
with my whip alone.

Is there something not mentioned in the instructions that I should
know? Please tell me I'm doing something wrong...I don't see how this
antenna could perform so badly and yet get such good reviews.

Steve (really hoping that the fault is *his*, not the antenna's)

Try turning off your lights (if they're fluorescent or use dimmers) and
your appliances one by one, you may find that the windom is just picking up
a lot of interference.

The antenna may be overloading your radio, if you have a distance/local
switch try setting it to local.

Are there major powerlines nearby, that the antenna is running parallel to?
Is there any broadband-over-powerlines in your area?

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