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Old 15-Dec-2010, 3:28 PM   #5
Tower Guy
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Originally Posted by dprljackson View Post
So that is why I was confused as to the claims of 25 miles/50 miles for the two different antennas with relatively similar gains (1-2 dB).

Thoughts?
My thought is to ignore the published range, analyze the predicted signal strengths of the stations that you want to pick up, and select the proper antenna based on that data. Always provide as much margin as feasible (~10 db) to compensate for weather and other factors without wasting $$.
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