Radio Shack Catalog #: 1500528 + Fwd: W800 Reception

[George Handley]

OK everyone whose interested in the fabulous things this product can do, here is James' email from less than a year ago to me specifying the exact Radio Shack part, which I just checked and they say they are still available at:

http://hometvbestsellers.com/product/radioshack-inline-antenna-signal-amplifier-1500528/ <http://hometvbestsellers.com/product/radioshack-inline-antenna-signal-amplifier-1500528/>

Thanks,

George



> Subject: Re: W800 Reception
> Date: April 2, 2017 at 9:22:44 AM CDT
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> Yes, I do this too :) When it was right side up in the attic there seemed to be a blind spot right underneath it which was fixed by turning it upside down. 
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> Additionally I use one of these TV/Radio amps to increase the signal to the W800 and it seems to work really well. I’ve tried other types with less success, but these work great and do operate on the 310mhz band that all the X10 stuff uses.
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> https://www.radioshack.com/products/radioshack-inline-antenna-signal-amplifier <https://www.radioshack.com/products/radioshack-inline-antenna-signal-amplifier>
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> and they are on sale at radio shack right now too! I use an old scanner antenna as my antenna too since the range of the X10 devices was in the middle of it’s advertised range. It works great but I can’t find it on RadioShacks website anymore. I’m kind of surprised they still carry the antenna amps since nobody uses regular TV anymore and I’m not sure they are any good for an HD signal, I don’t know, maybe they are since it’s on the same frequency? I don’t know… But if you can find a scanner antenna somewhere that works through the 310mhz range that would work great too. Not one of the little stubby ones, nothing special about those, but the larger ones that you would install on a house rather than a portable one. Alternatively you can make a really good antenna too, there is an article on the shed.bz site that is still one of the top page google hits when searching for this sort of thing:
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> http://www.shed.bz/tutor/mr26ant.html <http://www.shed.bz/tutor/mr26ant.html>
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> 
>> On Apr 1, 2017, at 3:39 PM, rnaleonard at rcn.com <mailto:rnaleonard at rcn.com> wrote:
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>> My antenna is in the attic - hanging upside down.  Seems to cover the house and yard well.
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> Thanks,
>  James
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> 
> James Sentman                       http://www.PlanetaryGear.org <http://www.planetarygear.org/>		http://MacHomeAutomation.com <http://machomeautomation.com/>
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