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Old 19-Jun-2016, 1:00 AM   #3
rabbit73
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Welcome to the forum, Maykinit:

It looks like you got approved. Many people have waited for weeks. Some, like Bobsgarage, never were approved and had to join another forum.

Thanks for the signal report. There are a few problems that have to be dealt with and might require some experimentation. I am not able to offer a guarantee.

The first thing that I see is that WZME is so strong that it might overload your tuner if you aim an antenna at it. Since you are so close to the transmitter, the signal might not be as strong as indicated if the strongest part of the beam is well above your location. You will not be able to use a preamp if you want some other signals that are a lot weaker because the preamp will be overloaded.

You will need an antenna that has a good front to back ratio aimed NNE to help reject WZME coming from the rear. If that doesn't work, you will need a custom filter to attenuate WZME on real channel 42.

The antenna that I suggest is the Antennas Direct DB4e. It is a UHF antenna, but might be able to pick up WTNH ABC on real channel 10 that is very strong. If not, add the VHF dipole kit.

Some of your important channels are 2Edge because of terrain interference and need the extra gain of the DB4e. If you click on the callsign in your report you can see the terrain profile. The transmitter is on the left and your location is on the right.

WVIT NBC
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...dALLTV%26n%3d5

WFSB CBS
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...dALLTV%26n%3d7

If you add a mast to the Direct TV mount, it will need braces or guys unless the mount already has diagonal braces.

If the antenna is outside, the coax shield should be grounded with a grounding block that is connected to the house electrical system ground with 10 gauge copper wire for electrical safety and to reject interference. For further compliance with the electrical code (NEC), the mast should also be grounded in a similar manner to drain any buildup of static charge, but the system will not survive a direct strike.

I made reject interference in bold type to keep WZME from getting directly into your TV cabinet.



I hope there aren't too many trees in the signal path; trees kill TV signals.
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