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Old 1-Mar-2011, 2:30 PM   #1
ShortyT
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: KY
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VHF vs. UHF at long distance

My house happens to be on high ground on a line between Lexington, KY and Cincinnati, OH so that the TV towers are 180 degrees apart & I can get signal from the front and back of a rooftop Winegard GS1100 Sensar antenna (www.winegarddirect.com/pdf/spec_SENSAR.pdf) with a Pico Macom LA2150 amp (http://200.78.236.213/specs/LA-2150.pdf) at the antenna.

Here is my TV Fool report: http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...c77a4300c8c715

The Lexington stations around magnetic South are fine, and I reliably receive WCPO & WLWT (magnetic North give or take a degree, and 60 miles away). I'm also getting WKON (317 degrees). I am on the edge of receiving WPTO and WXIX (Dishnetwork ViP722 tuner shows signal in the 60s, but drops in and out).

I'd like to be able to see WKRC [channel 12], but I've never gotten a hint of it. Is there someting about VHF that makes it harder to receive than UHF?

Thanks in advance,

Shorty
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