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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 12:51)
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they contain an RF preamplifier circuit which acts in place of gain-boosting elementsthat you see in a conventional aerial design, i.e. lots of slices of metal in a line providing a resonant path of the signal to the dipole (shape of a squashed staple). I've seen inside one of them and it's just a foil outline on cardboard with a small amp IC- unfortunately the front-end of the TV also has an RF amplifier IC so you're ramping up the distortion by amplifying something that's already been amplified. Which is why they are shite.
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Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Thu 29 Sep 2011, 18:54,
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