Thread: Please Advise: Weak Signal, even woth trying more?
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Old 31-Aug-2017, 12:24 AM   #17
rabbit73
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Here you can see why a little more antenna elevation helps with the signals from the west.



Here is the coverage for WUPV. Note that only 78 kW out of 1000 kW ERP gets to your antenna because of the directional transmitting antenna pattern:



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