better antenna for a USB DVB-T dongle?

better antenna for a USB DVB-T dongle?

geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendelson at gmail.com
Sat Jul 26 23:00:23 IDT 2014


On 7/26/2014 10:25 PM, Evgeniy Ginzburg wrote:
> TV dongles use MCX connector.
> Truy one of those to connect to wal plug
> http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=mcx+to+Belling-Lee
> There is can be impedance mismach but
> with one of such connectors you also can buy bigger antennae that 
> connect to standart jack if roof antenna won't work good.
>
> And when you tired of TV use oyur dongle as SDR it's uch more fun.
>

While they are officially called Belling-Lee connectors, they are called 
PAL connectors outside of the UK. In the UK they are called Aerial 
connectors. Probably the same thing in OZ.

They got that name because PAL TVs used them, in comparison to F 
connectors used by US TVs.

Geoff.

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