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Old 5-Apr-2016, 11:03 PM   #10
rabbit73
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Location: S.E. VA
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I have been making calculations based on your tvfool report which was done at 10 feet. I was curious to know how KCKS would look at higher antenna heights, but I don't have your exact location.

I derived two estimated locations based on your report. Both of my estimates are close together and have the same short coordinates as your report, but give different results for KCKS, while giving similar results for the strong signals, azimuths, and distances.

I think the big changes in KCKS with a small change in location are because of the uneven terrain in your area and the low height of the KCKS transmitting antenna as noted by Jake V.

KCKS Antenna
Antenna Height Above Ground Level: 220' 67m
Antenna Height Above Mean Sea Level: 1220' 371.8m
http://www.rabbitears.info/tvq.php?r...s&facid=187964

I assume that you used the coordinates for the location of your antenna for your report and checked them with the interactive map browser. The coordinates below the map change as you move the cursor to the antenna location.
http://www.tvfool.com/index.php?opti...pper&Itemid=90

I used my estimated locations for you and saw that there are a lot of trees in your area. I hope you can get the antenna above the trees.

I then used those two sets of coordinates, called Location A and Location B, to generate reports at 10, 25, 50 feet using the regular tvfool report:
http://www.tvfool.com/index.php?opti...pper&Itemid=29

Location A:
10 feet, KCKS NM -3.3 dB
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...513470c8fd6329

25 feet, KCKS NM +10.5 dB
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...5134b1a3b38c9e

50 feet, KCKS NM +22.2 dB
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...5134fe89ad9246

Location B:
10 feet, KCKS NM +5.7 dB
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...513412a9f8fd26

25 feet, KCKS NM +16.4 dB
http://forum.tvfool.com/showthread.php?t=15967

50 feet, KCKS NM +24.2 dB
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...51345fc62009fe

Maybe your chances are a little better than I thought if you can get above the trees.

I'll send the coordinates I used to you by PM, so you can see how close I came.
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