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Old 4-Jul-2012, 11:54 AM   #9
vkeks
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I found the information below interesting on one of the websites above. Seems I could potentially spend a lot of extra money and have no benefit due to the limitations of nature. Wonder which equipment provides the proverbial 'sweet spot' in terms of equipment purchased and the gains received?

This is from the website regarding receiving over long distances:
"Theoretically, it would be possible if you lived on top of a mountain and the broadcast towers were also on a mountain. At normal elevations, however, the curvature of the earth pretty much limits effectiveness to about 70 miles for UHF band signals. Low VHF band (2-6) can bounce further than this, but currently only about 7% of digital TV channels are on the VHF band. Most Digital TV channels are on the UHF band - which is line-of-sight transmission. "
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