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Yeah, the city of Norwich here in Connecticut is one of the most hilliest areas in the state.
That is a true understatement. The Thames River travels up from Long Island Sound and is the lowest elevation in the area. Other than that, the overall landmass here is nothing but hills and valleys. Of course I am not on the highest elevation, however as for signals coming from Providence R.I and Boston MA I have a good 20 miles of unobstructed visibility in that direction. As for Hartford CT. the hill I am on slants upward in that direction, so the houses in that direction are on a higher landmass. My HDB8X is on a much taller mast than my Providence/Boston antennas, because I am attempting to over shoot a house, that is about 300 feet away, but is close enough to reflect the strong signals from the north-east Providence/Boston, specially if skip is active in the UHF band.
Has anyone out there used the HDB8X, is it better to have the elements flat or angled in as they are?
Should I keep both sections square to one another or should I angle them a bit to cover the locations of WFSB and WTIC, WCCT, WVIT, WEDH, etc.? As I said, WFSB's tower is several miles north of the other four.
Bruce.
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