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Old 1-Sep-2016, 12:27 AM   #11
rabbit73
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That antenna is primarily for UHF, but will receive VHF-High if the signals are very strong. Does she get Fox, MyN, and ABC on real channels 11. 13, and 7?

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I just was wondering why the signal jumps from 50% to 0% back and forth only on those channels.
OTA signals constantly vary in strength. Since they are so close to the "Digital Cliff" it doesn't take much change for them to drop out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_effect





A Fade Margin of 10 dB is needed to allow for changes in signal strength, but those signals don't have it.
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