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wcnghj

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Re: Rural General Suckitude

I would switch to DTV if we could get signal. I wonder if we could get a big enough antenna to get signal 70 miles away.
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said by wcnghj:

I wonder if we could get a big enough antenna to get signal 70 miles away.
70 miles may require Herculean effort, unless you or transmitter are very high.

Check out the TVfool site and see what estimated signal strength is. If estimated signal is better then about -110 dBm you have a chance. Try modeling at different heights. But putting up a tower is expensive. At that distance weather will be a factor so no matter how good the antenna you may not be able to get good signal 24/7/365.

Good Luck

/tom
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