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Originally Posted by Kipper
Thanks for the research John.
The Winegard HD7698P antenna seems to have a range of 60 miles. What does that actually mean?...
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Not much. Mileage ratings are based on generalized and usually unspecified assumptions. Mileage claims are something that the marketing department came up with to help non-technical customers and retail sales people guess better. The published specifications provided by Winegard and other reputable vendors are far more specific in describing the capability of an antenna.
http://www.winegard.com/kbase/upload/HD7698P.pdf
An accurate prediction of signal conditions (your TVFool report) combined with the specific gain of an antenna will be vastly more accurate than reliance on a general mileage figure in an advertisement.
In the case of dishonest or misleading advertisers (I'm not referring to Antennacraft, Antennas Direct, Channel Master or Winegard) fantastic mileage claims are based on the most improbable theoretical conditions, or in some cases, the number is just made up.