Image: UHF TV Antenna 001

Description: Yagi antenna for UHF HDTV reception. The antenna's main lobe is off the right end of the antenna; it is most sensitive to stations in that direction. Each of the metal crossbars along the antenna support boom is called an element, which acts as a half-wave dipole resonator for the radio waves. The antenna has one driven element which is attached to the TV; it is behind the black box (left). The black box is a preamplifier which increases the power of the TV signal before it is sent to the TV set. The 17 elements to the right of the driven element are called directors; they reinforce the signal. The 4 elements on the V shaped boom (left) are called a "corner reflector"; they serve to reflect the signal back toward the driven element. Yagi HDTV antennas use a corner reflector to increase the bandwidth of the antenna. The rest of the antenna increases the gain at higher channels, while the corner reflector increases the gain at lower channels.
Title: UHF TV Antenna 001
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