Yes, it's rough. Then that can lead to people bad mouthing antennas and/or other equipment. That's what makes amazon.com so depressing for antenna product reviews. People who put the antenna in situations where they are promised to fail, then berate the product for not performing.
I'll never forget the sight in Richmond, IN of people in neighborhoods having 50' or even 75' towers next to their homes to get OVER the trees to try to receive Dayton, Cincinnati or even harder - Indianapolis.
At least they gave themselves the best shot at it.
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Originally Posted by ADTech
I'll go even further. They can make reception IMPOSSIBLE.
Several springs ago, I did a courtesy call to a residential location in South St Louis County (Affton) that was within a stone's throw (less than 2 miles) of most of the St Louis transmitters. One of the towers was visible from the home's sidewalk out at the street, but by the time I walked 40 feet back to the house and checked again for the signal with the portable analyzer, it was down by 40 dB (and barely visible on the screen) from the reading out at the street. The culprit? A pair of 70' silver maple trees in the neighbor's yard, one behind the other, that were wet from a rain shower earlier in the day, that were now directly in the signal path and were blowing in the breeze. I gave the folks a C2 antenna, wished them luck, and took my leave.
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