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Old 18-Apr-2015, 1:08 AM   #2
rabbit73
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Welcome to the forum, Tonye:

These are tvfool reports at different heights using your coordinates:

no height specified:
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...f1f00a6311e7b6

25 ft:
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...f1f08263c6b640

50 ft:
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...f1f05434a3d41c

75 ft:
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...f1f04314f4113f

100 ft:
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...f1f06755bbc3af

If my results match your tvfool report, you may want to delete your coordinates from your post to protect your location.

I first entered your coordinates here using the interactive map feature of tvfool and saw in the aerial view that you had enough room for a tower in hopes that if your antenna was high enough you might have a chance for ABC:
http://www.tvfool.com/index.php?opti...pper&Itemid=90

It looks like you would need at least 75 feet for a fairly good chance at ABC with a high gain antenna, considering it is a Tropo signal. You would also need a preamp, but your strongest signal WMAU-DT on real UHF channel 18 would probably overload the preamp. That would require a custom single channel bandstop filter for channel 18 to weaken WMAU-DT. How badly do you want ABC?

Even if you were willing to do without ABC, you would still need the Tin Lee custom filter to get the other channels.
http://www.tinlee.com/MATV-Bandstops.php?active=3#CR7

Call them first and talk to their engineer and email your tvfool and FM Fool reports, and a link to this thread to him.

I would suggest a Winegard HD7698P antenna and an Antennas Direct Juice preamp. You would also need an FM trap/filter to weaken the very strong WMAU-FM:



Disclaimer:
Your situation is very difficult; no guarantees.
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