Will Leaf Work with UHF and VHF?
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Hi Blair - I purchased the Leaf about a month ago. I am very surprised at the number of channels I receive. However, I cannot receive the VHF channels in my area with the Leaf. I sent an email to Mohu customer support asking about UHF vs. VHF reception for the Leaf. Their response is below. Hope this helps. Thank you for your interest in our products. I am afraid that the UHF/VHF question is not quite as simple as a yes or no question. The Leaf does pick up VHF stations it just can't pick them up as efficiently and therefore not from quite far as away as it can UHF stations. There are two reasons for this. 1) The Leaf is optimized for the UHF band stations, VHF stations operate at a lower frequency and the Leaf is a little bit too small to receive them as efficiently as a larger antenna. The Leaf could receive VHF band stations just fine but it would need to have the surface area of a wall poster to do this. (Currently it is approximately the size of a sheet of notebook paper) 2) The FCC mandates that the VHF band stations are not allowed to broadcast with as high of a power as the UHF stations. As such, you may have trouble receiving VHF stations from as far away with any antenna. This is simply because they do not broadcast at the same power level. If you live pretty close to the towers, then you probably won't have any trouble with picking up the VHF stations as well as the UHF band stations. I hope that helps answer your question. If there is anything else I can help you with please let me know.
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It will pick up any analog frequency from VHF to UHF to trunking, short of P25 digital. It is a little tricky to set up and use but it works great. You can look up charlotte frequencies online or thru a guide book.
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To add to my previous response to the question from Mr goddard, I would add that I receive all available channels from 3.1 thru 54.6 which covers VHF and UHF. But again, check with the mfr of the item.
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I am using it on THREE UV-82's and I am THRILLED by its performance on both VHF High band 144-176 MHz and UHF 460-512 MHz. Hope this helps.
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yes, you can but i would buy a spiltter with a switch that can go from the leaf, & back to cable , not all local channels may be on your cable tv.
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No, you have to program matching frequencies in each radio. The uv5r is both uhf and vhf. The tyt is uhf only, so you will havr to program matching uhf frequencies.
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Official answer: No. This device will pass UHF frequencies on the UHF port and VHF signals on the VHF port and each port will attenuate the opposite band's signals by an amount greater than 25-30 dB (which is what it is supposed to do). It it NOT intended to combine multi-band antennas (UHF and VHF), a simple two-port splitter will do that although it will produce uncertain and variable results. Antennas Direct Tech Support
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The only way VHF works is line of sight. To talk more than a couple of miles on land you have to have a very tall antenna on both devices. Way taller than 10'. Talking over water gets you more range but not 35 miles with a handheld. That is a myth. I also own sets that out 6watss of power and they talk marginally further on land but still not 5 miles. We use these units on controlled burns and we have good luck with them on 2-400acre tracts but they will occasionally go out of range. So basically VHF is the best but don't expect big range on anything handheld. Period.
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Yes. Just plug in any TV antenna. Beware that some of your local TV stations might be broadcasting on the VHF TV frequencies. Those flat or mini "digital" antennas are optimized for the UHF frequencies, so won't pick up VHF stations well unless they're strong, & you're really close to the station. For an indoor antenna, a set of rabbit ears extended about 15"-18" work well for VHF indoors, & do pretty good with the UHF stations too. Look up your local TV station frequencies to see if any of them are broadcasting on VHF. If not, you can get away with a little or flat antenna if you live near a city with lots of stations. In my area Channel 67 broadcasts 4 great sub-channels on the old VHF frequency channel 7. Rabbit ears were the only things that would pick it up. The mini & flat "digital antennas didn't work, but got the UHF stations fine. The better the antenna, the more stations you'll get.
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UHF is good, but I was getting better VHF results with Philips (Zenith) HDTV indoor antenna than with this set.
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Official answer: VHF reception with the DB4e will be at odd angles and distances and will depend on the channel in use. Because this antenna was designed specifically for UHF, we do not make any suggestions as to VHF reception distances or performance. As always in such cases, YMMV. Antennas Direct Tech Support
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The newer CM 4228HD is NOT a vhf antenna. It will pick up some vhf stations but only if they are strong in your area. I thing the 4228 is a better uhf antenna but depending on your location and the stations available the winegard mounted with a rotor may be a better choiced. Check TVfool.com to find out where and how strong your local station are.
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I believe so. Just need to change tv from cable to antenna and run channel search. If leaf antenna does not work you need to change tv back to cable from antenna.
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it will not pick up VHF channels with a tower within 2 miles of my home and no tall buildings, seems to work for UHF. but if you want both buy something else!
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All standard pre-programmed vhf channels are available. Should be a list on google. A lot hah!
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I haven't had any luck with high VHF channels with this antenna. An amplified leaf antenna did better.