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[QUOTE=&quot;robrpb, post: 143992, member: 94028&quot;]Steve, I built the &quot;UHF H2 (11x12) 2-Bay Bowtie - NO Refl&quot; you mentioned in your reply #25 to me. For the whiskers I used 1/8&quot; metal that is used for hanging drop ceilings. I was very disappointed with the results. I tested it at a height of about 15-18' and I was getting lower signals than with the loop-dipole. I tested it with the help of my cousin. He had a loop-dipole that he built for his house and we were going to test it and compare the 2 of them at the same height. I held the loop-dipole above my head at a height of about 10' and with just rough aiming it, the signal was much better. I did not even have to raise it to the height we had for the whisker antenna. On 1 channel with the whisker antenna the signal was about 10-15%, but with the loop-dipole the signal was about 50%, a tremendous difference. Other channels tested were also better with the loop-diploe, even at a lower height. For some reason I thought the whisker antenna would have more gain,giving a better signal, but that did not seem&nbsp; to be true.My cousin is looking to build an antenna with more gain than the loop-dipole. He has a 2nd house about 40-50 miles north of me and can only get about 4-5 channels with the loop-dipole. What are some suggestions for building an antenna with more gain? Thanks.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="robrpb, post: 143992, member: 94028"]Steve, I built the "UHF H2 (11x12) 2-Bay Bowtie - NO Refl" you mentioned in your reply #25 to me. For the whiskers I used 1/8" metal that is used for hanging drop ceilings. I was very disappointed with the results. I tested it at a height of about 15-18' and I was getting lower signals than with the loop-dipole. I tested it with the help of my cousin. He had a loop-dipole that he built for his house and we were going to test it and compare the 2 of them at the same height. I held the loop-dipole above my head at a height of about 10' and with just rough aiming it, the signal was much better. I did not even have to raise it to the height we had for the whisker antenna. On 1 channel with the whisker antenna the signal was about 10-15%, but with the loop-dipole the signal was about 50%, a tremendous difference. Other channels tested were also better with the loop-diploe, even at a lower height. For some reason I thought the whisker antenna would have more gain,giving a better signal, but that did not seem to be true. My cousin is looking to build an antenna with more gain than the loop-dipole. He has a 2nd house about 40-50 miles north of me and can only get about 4-5 channels with the loop-dipole. What are some suggestions for building an antenna with more gain? Thanks.[/QUOTE]

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