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Old 22-Oct-2014, 2:43 PM   #16
tomfoolery
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Originally Posted by BigBean View Post
What's really cool is the possibility of getting GetTV from Manhattan, well over the antenna's 70 mile specs – and the antenna's not even mounted on the roof yet! ( I've checked on Get's transmitter, the only info I have is it's on the Empire State Building. The station is in Smithtown New York, so I assume the signal may be "goosed" there but I've not seen anything online indicating such. )
Redo the input map with your location but don't create the TVFool report. At the digital station listing at the bottom-right, click on the little button next to WFTY, and you'll see the heat map of relative transmitter power (or NM - don't know which), which is clearly originating in Smithtown, Long Island. They seem to identify themselves as FUT (on rabbitears.info), so it's a safe bet that's where you're getting that signal. Which is good for you, as even with a 200 ft antenna height input, WFUT from the Empire State Building (real 30, virt. 68.1) doesn't show at all on the TVF report.
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