Thanks for the photo of your FSM. I am always interested in old meters. If your meter still works, it is entirely adequate for your needs.
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0 dbmv was the holy grail of signal levels.
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It pretty much still is for a drop outlet to a TV, but tuners can handle a wide range of signal strength.
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I used to understand Radio/TV when analogue ruled. Digital seems to have changed the laws of physics :-)
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The laws of physics and antennas haven't changed; what has changed is the "Digital Cliff" for digital signals which creates the sudden signal dropout, which is a lot different than increasing snow with weaker analog signals.
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In addition, WNYW in NYC appears to have built a satellite station on Mt. Beacon on channel 32. Even though I have Line-of-sight to the transmitter, the signal is marginal, and not always reliable.
I suspect that the transmitter antenna is highly directional and is being 'beamed' in a direction outside of my area.
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That is correct; only 0.001 kW (1 watt) out of 1.000 kW (1,000 watts) is sent your way because of the transmitter antenna array.
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