I want to know if there's any chance I can receive an OTA signal at my new home near the base of a hill. I'm moving in next month.
Unfortunately, the new home is at the base of a hill. The hill is about 30 yards to my south and is between me and all the local TV transmitters. I'm located too close to the hill for line of sight to the transmitters. The part of the hill between the transmitters and me is about 12 meters above me.
The TVFool google earth map shows purple (poor reception) at the top of the hill. but from the top of the hill there is clear line of sight to the transmitters. The same map shows good reception at the base of the hill which doesn't have line of sight. That doesn't make sense to me.
My new home is located at 32.67426856610088,-97.4840497970581
Its elevation is 224.903 m or 737.870 feet
It's a two story home and I estimate its roof is at about 25 feet.
Here’s a link to a TV Fool report based on an antenna at 25 feet above the ground. I entered the latitude and longitude as the street address didn’t resolve to a specific location
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...e2cb5bf714b47f
Most of the transmitters are at a heading of 101 degrees and are about 31 miles away. They are located at 32.58778171017113,-96.96642637252808. Their elevation is 249.275 m or 817.830 feet
The hill is about 30 yards to my south. There is a creek between the back of my home and the hill. The hill and extends east and west for a long distance. The part of the hill in my way is roughly at
32.67400666574976, -97.47847080230713
and its elevation is about 237.623 m or 779.604 feet
I'm not aware of any other hills between the transmitter and me that would interfere with the signal. The transmitters are all in the same place as they are on one of the highest hills around.
No one else around there has visible antenna. Either that means they've all opted for cable, an indoor antennae is sufficient, or that the hill is too much of an obstacle to reception.
What do you think?