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[QUOTE=&quot;Fringe Reception, post: 42097, member: 4739&quot;]TV FOOL gets my voteTV Fool has been a very helpful tool for me to use to determine what antenna and height to try first on customer's sites.&nbsp; I use it and the antenna field maps that used to be available at the REC website.&nbsp; <a href="http://recdev.akane.recnet.com/cdbs/fmq.php?facid=&amp;call=KVOS&amp;ccode=1&amp;latd=&amp;lond=&amp;city=&amp;state=&amp;country=US&amp;zip=&amp;party=&amp;party_type=LICEN&amp;jaws=0">REC Broadcast Query</a>&nbsp; I wish they were still available.&nbsp; My Avatar is the pattern from KVOS-12 (35) Bellingham, WA and I live just south of the red ring.&nbsp; To receive them I built a 15-bar Yagi with coaxial balun and have their signal at a solid 65.&nbsp; By the way, I tried it first with a 'Rat-Shack' balun and the signal was a solid 55, so there is a difference...&nbsp; Regarding the two local antenna 'farms' to my East-ish, TV FOOL is dreadfully inaccurate here do to my hilly and shadowed location, but it is very accurate on distant stations.&nbsp; As far as range, I can receive 47 (a low-power translator) to the south-ish, 50 to the SE and the analog carrier from 10 to the NW in Canada, and that was on my 35 Yagi.&nbsp; Next summer I'll try for that station with a more appropriate antenna.&nbsp; Attached is my TV FOOL chart.&nbsp; JimPS I have no clue why the attachment shrank itself.&nbsp; I sent it as a .png and now it's a .jpg ... hmmm.&nbsp; Here's the direct link to my location.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&amp;Itemid=29&amp;q=id%3d7d521af9588973">http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&amp;Itemid=29&amp;q=id=7d521af9588973</a>PPS I checked this morning and the maps are again available at the REC broadcast query website![/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="Fringe Reception, post: 42097, member: 4739"][b]TV FOOL gets my vote[/b] TV Fool has been a very helpful tool for me to use to determine what antenna and height to try [I]first[/I] on customer's sites. I use it and the antenna field maps that used to be available at the REC website. [url=http://recdev.akane.recnet.com/cdbs/fmq.php?facid=&call=KVOS&ccode=1&latd=&lond=&city=&state=&country=US&zip=&party=&party_type=LICEN&jaws=0]REC Broadcast Query[/url] I wish they were still available. My Avatar is the pattern from KVOS-12 (35) Bellingham, WA and I live just south of the red ring. To receive them I built a 15-bar Yagi with coaxial balun and have their signal at a solid 65. By the way, I tried it first with a 'Rat-Shack' balun and the signal was a solid 55, so there is a difference... Regarding the two [I]local[/I] antenna 'farms' to my East-ish, TV FOOL is dreadfully inaccurate here do to my hilly and shadowed location, but it is very accurate on distant stations. As far as range, I can receive 47 (a low-power translator) to the south-ish, 50 to the SE and the analog carrier from 10 to the NW in Canada, and that was on my 35 Yagi. Next summer I'll try for that station with a more appropriate antenna. Attached is my TV FOOL chart. Jim PS I have no clue why the attachment shrank itself. I sent it as a .png and now it's a .jpg ... hmmm. Here's the direct link to my location. [url]http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3d7d521af9588973[/url] PPS I checked this morning and the maps are again available at the REC broadcast query website![/QUOTE]

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