A long while back I sometimes used a 440mhz Yagi to pick up commercial=20 UHF TV. The pattern made no sense at all, but rotating the antenna=20 would find a sweet spot. The antenna was already up and in use as an amateur radio antenna. On 7/1/2013 10:28 AM, Herbert Graf wrote: > On 2013-06-30, at 1:11 AM, Charles Craft wrote: > >> Not an exact match but saw a "DT-809A" today while shopping and its simi= lar in design. > True, only really difference, and what triggered me, is that active eleme= nt of that antenna looks about the right length for "tv" type stuff. The on= e I saw has a very shot active element, way to short IMHO to be useful for = TV. > > TTYL --=20 John Ferrell W8CCW "The pessimist complains about the wind; The optimist expects it to change; The realist adjusts the sails." William A. Ward --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .