Hi guys,
I have a huge dilemma
Should i install a Yagi point style antenna - something like this https://www.matchmaster.com.au/digital-tv-antennas/02mm-dg91/
OR
Should i install a Phased Array antenna - something like this https://www.matchmaster.com.au/digital-tv-antennas/02mm-mdu36/
Matchmaster's antenna selection guide based on their website says i should be using a phased array and recommends the one ive linked above. The details it gives are as follows:
Frq Signal: 75dBuV, Digital Channels: 27,29,31,33,35,37, Distance: 13.5km, Loss from High Terrain: -1.84dBuV
However, the 3 technicians/installers I've had to site bluntly tell me that phased arrays are garbage. That they have tested them many times and they are crap even in paths where obstacles are in the way of the transmitter. They all recommend a standard small yagi style antenna.
There is a construction site going up literally 25 metres away from my mounting point and they have just installed a phased array. The installers who have come out to site keep telling me its a scheme to make money off people that they are more expensive and installers make more money from them. But their performance is poor. Other houses around the area all have the yagi style.
I am in the Lynfield area and I'm aiming at the Waiatarua transmitter, my place is in a ditch or valley and there is no line of sight to the antenna. Bushes and hills in the way.
Im stuck in 2 minds now. Which style to go for?
Hopefully you guys can help :)