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Old 11-Feb-2011, 5:42 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by MetHerb View Post
I'm wondering then if that is the way to go - go with a shorter antenna?
The way to know for sure is to try it. With downsloping land in front of the antenna, there will be optimum heights that are 6 db more or less signal than the TVfool prediction. The difficulty is that the height will be different for high vs. low channels and also different for varying azimuths.

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