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Old 8-Jun-2011, 7:35 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by overdrunk View Post
I found from TVFOOL that if I mount the antenna lower, the signal I suppose to receive has much higher NM (4db) than I mount 25 ft high.
The underlying program (Longley-Rice) that calculates the signal strength often reports errors when very close to the ground or very close to a hill. TVfool ignores those errors.

In order to find the optimum height for your antenna use trial and error and keep these guidelines in the back of your head: http://www.hdtvprimer.com/ANTENNAS/siting.html
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