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Old 3-May-2015, 2:11 AM   #6
rabbit73
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OK - thanks for your patience. I'm clearly a neophyte here.
I'm still learning, too.

Thanks for the photos.

Oh, my. First it was the hills, and now it's the trees.
http://www.hdtvprimer.com/antennas/siting.html
scroll down to Trees and UHF

http://www.wrightsaerials.co.uk/refe...-reception.pdf

Your first photo reminds me of this:



In the photo above Kevin is using a WG 7697P. If you want to read more about his tree problem:

http://www.avsforum.com/forum/25-hdt...l#post17280909
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/25-hdt...l#post17283385
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/25-hdt...l#post17297708

ADTech's post about trees:
http://forum.tvfool.com/showpost.php...90&postcount=3

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View towards 24 degrees (channels 10, 25, 35) -- The hill involved is visible in the center.
Umm, I don't see the hill, but the trees don't look as bad.
However, the signals from 24 degrees are a little weaker.

Is there any location on your lot that doesn't have trees in the path from 244?

How difficult would it be to go higher?

Here is a list of networks in your zip code from rabbitears.info. Click on a call sign and it will expand to show subchannels.
http://www.rabbitears.info/search.ph...pe=dBm&height=

The tvfool report is only a computer simulation; sometimes it's a little off (either way) especially with 2Edge signals. There is a little less hope now, but you might want to take a gamble with a test to satisfy your own curiosity, before getting any deeper into this.
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