Al 17/12/12 20:57, En/na Renato Gallo ha escrit: > can i amplify the signal to improve reception ? an amplifier will amplify the noise as well as the signal (i.e., an amplifier is only useful to compensate for the losses in the cable, not to improve the signal). > why with the bowl is better ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopole_antenna The bowl acts as a ground plane Bye -- Luca -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html