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Old 22-Jun-2016, 11:13 PM   #7
rabbit73
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KMGH and KUSA are both using circular polarization, so the best reception might be at an odd angle for the elements, rotated away from horizontal around the boom axis.
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I do not have enough experience (yet!!) to know if it is doable or not.
You will, after doing the experiments for this project.
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Not sure what to do next; just give up?
Too soon to give up. You will not be happy until you have tried.

Sometimes it helps to tilt the front of the antenna up to catch the signals coming over the ridge. The 91XG has a tilt feature, but that is a UHF antenna. You would need to do a custom tilt with a VHF antenna.
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