Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 12/31/05 08:18

On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 01:33:35 GMT, John in Detroit <blanked@blank.net>
Gave us:

>You see, the top end antennas have a compartment at the head (antenna)
>end, this compartment contains either the proper matching balun (300 or
>75 ohm) or a pre-ampolifier (and CM's pre-amps are very good, at least
>in my expierence, which I'll admit is some decades old)


The entire point was and still is that a preamplified antenna is
better than not having one. PARTICULARLY in the digital realm as
ghost signals, reflections, etc. are not a problem as they are in
analog reception.

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