LowQCab posted the following in another thread:
I tried moving the antenna, and when I laid it horizontally, reception got much better. So I left it there and re-scanned for channels. Many more channels and much better reception.
Does LowQCab’s reply explain this. Shavuot?
I have purchased a DTV antenna from Amazon. It never worked well, and got worse when I got a new TV. The instructions said to mount it on a wall or window, but with the new TV I received far fewer channels and reception was poor on the few that came in.In the USA, all TV Transmitters have a Horizontal-Radiation-Pattern,
(it might be different in other countries),
so the Receiving-Antenna must also have a Horizontal-Reception-Pattern.
A Vertically-Polarized-TV-Antenna will usually have very poor reception performance.
FM-Radio is Polarized both Horizontally, and Vertically, at the same time,
this is done to improve FM-Reception in Cars, which usually have Vertical-Antennas.
Vertical-Receiving-Antennas tend to
pick-up more atmospheric "noise" than a Horizontal-Receiving-Antenna.
You must have a "Resonant" Antenna for best reception.
The proper Resonance of any Antenna is heavily dependent upon
having a matching Impedance between the Receiver and the Antenna.
I tried moving the antenna, and when I laid it horizontally, reception got much better. So I left it there and re-scanned for channels. Many more channels and much better reception.
Does LowQCab’s reply explain this. Shavuot?