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DTV | HDTV Reception and Antenna Discussion
Having trouble receiving a 300 watt TV station 30 miles away.
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<p>[QUOTE="Guest, post: 183335"]A little bit odd. I'm 79-85 miles near due east from all Nashville area stations from 265-272 degrees (magnetic) </p><p>and consistently receive RF 10,15,21,25,27,33,36, and 44. I've got a VHF only and an 8-bay UHF 35 feet apart. My UHF is around 23 feet; </p><p>the VHF is much lower and going higher doesn't seem to help.</p><p>I used to be able to receive 8, but not in a few years. I'm split to 2 tv's and my tv's are about 55 feet apart; one w/i 50' each antenna.</p><p>I'm using a strong preamp CM3777 or 778 (can't remember), and I've I've never been able to receive this virtual channel 6.1 even as it </p><p>is much closer to my location than those other signals. Also it's odd that the only way I can get this signal to show up on my TV fool</p><p>report is to include analog channels. Otherwise, TV fool doesn't list it. When I used the antenna before, THIS TV was on virtual 5.3 </p><p>(transmitted as RF5 and also as 25). Recently hooked my antennae back up and still get everything I used to. No 23; almost never. I get</p><p>22 locally even with the preamp and w/i 6 miles I'm not overloaded; I guess because I'm pointing west and no rotator. Pointing around 267 </p><p>degrees.[/QUOTE]</p><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guest, post: 183335"]A little bit odd. I'm 79-85 miles near due east from all Nashville area stations from 265-272 degrees (magnetic) and consistently receive RF 10,15,21,25,27,33,36, and 44. I've got a VHF only and an 8-bay UHF 35 feet apart. My UHF is around 23 feet; the VHF is much lower and going higher doesn't seem to help. I used to be able to receive 8, but not in a few years. I'm split to 2 tv's and my tv's are about 55 feet apart; one w/i 50' each antenna. I'm using a strong preamp CM3777 or 778 (can't remember), and I've I've never been able to receive this virtual channel 6.1 even as it is much closer to my location than those other signals. Also it's odd that the only way I can get this signal to show up on my TV fool report is to include analog channels. Otherwise, TV fool doesn't list it. When I used the antenna before, THIS TV was on virtual 5.3 (transmitted as RF5 and also as 25). Recently hooked my antennae back up and still get everything I used to. No 23; almost never. I get 22 locally even with the preamp and w/i 6 miles I'm not overloaded; I guess because I'm pointing west and no rotator. Pointing around 267 degrees.[/QUOTE]
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