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APS-13 antenna owners?

Hi, thanks for your patience with my antenna questions! Is there anyone out there using the APS-13 antenna? How hard was it to mount? What sort of mounting hardware did you use? Does it rotate quickly and well?

At 200" long (over 15') I'm a little concerned about the size of this thing, and whether my current antenna mounts will handle it!
ehart

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ehart OP
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It is most assuredly still sold. See their website at http://www.antennaperformance.com/. Click "FM Antennas" then "Outdoor" then "APS-13". I just emailed the owner last week asking about the APS-9 vs. the APS-13 and he encouraged me to go with the latter.
ehart OP
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Hi guys, thank you for the responses! To answer your questions:

1. APS suggested that I use the APS-13 because Ed believes I need a very directional antenna to fight multipath to a particular station. I tried a 70" 6-element Radio Shack FM antenna, and got better (acceptable) results than my roof-mounted omni, but still not quite as good as I want. The APS-9 would no doubt be an improvement over the RS antenna -- I think Ed is just playing it safe here. Additional gain isn't the issue, but more tightly focused directionality is.

2. APS does sell a rotor, they have just two choices, one with and one without remote control. I assume they can do the job.

Anyone out there who has used/installed the APS-13?

Thanks,

Eric
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