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Old 24-Jun-2010, 5:53 PM   #1
schwabrus
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Mounting OTA antenna higher gets less channels?

Hello,

I ran the TV Signal Analysis results twice. On the first run, I put the height of the antenna at 10 ft. (for grins and giggles). It gave these results back:

http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...9fbe8762041bf7

I ran a second time at antenna height of 35 feet and it gave these results which are worse then at 10 feet (by looking at the "red" background" color. In addition I looked at the NM(DB) and those support what I'm saying (check out station WBFF):

http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...9fbe8e5810c62e

So this created some questions for me and not sure which is right, if anyone can clue me in, it would be appreciated:
- The results on 10 feet and 35 feet are not accurate and I should ignore the descrepency
- The results show that 35 feet are better and I need to learn how to read a chart
- There is a disadvantage to mount an antenna higher (which goes against my logic)
- it's automatically configuring cable length and taking that into consideration

Any ideas? I have my antenna currently mounted temporarily at 15 feet and was going to mount it on my roof at 35 feet but if I get a worse signal at that height then it makes no sense to do it.

-Chuck

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