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Old 5-Jan-2015, 5:44 PM   #14
Roundabout
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Tower Guy, I think that is the main ridge blocking the signal between Wilson and here. I'm just west of San Antonio Heights (Upland) in the part of Alta Loma just above Hillside (and between Sapphire & Carnelian. When I look to the west, this ridge slopes down from N to S fairly steeply. In the summer, the sun goes behind it earlier in the day, helping this area cool down a bit sooner than south of here - so that part is good

I realized right away when I bought this place that we're in a bit of a canyon and I knew TV was going to be an issue. I didn't worry about it for a long time, since Charter Cable had good pricing for introductory customers, but it's gone way up and I don't watch enough TV to justify paying for it anymore. I only need local networks anyway, and I like the digital subchannels like Antenna TV and ME-TV on KTLA and KDOC. That's enough for me, if I can manage to get a few channels I'll be happy.

I don't own a Spectrum Analyzer at the moment, and I haven't decided if it's worth it or not yet to invest in one, I have thought about the Digiair signal strength meter as an alternative - but I've read they aren't as useful in areas of weaker signals. I do have an old converter box that shows signal strength and quality that runs on 12v DC (uses an adaptor for AC) that I suppose I could rig up for this purpose. I haven't read the article you linked to yet on highdefforum about the analyzer but I'll read it today. BTW, I also have a USB ATSC tuner box that might work, I have to dig it out and dust it off - I don't remember what its capability was for signal strength indication. I might be able to use it with my netbook for aiming.

Lots of things to try, hopefully something will work in the end! People with LOS have it easy - this one's going to be a challenge (like your Vermont install).
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