TV recepytiom
My TV in the bed room near the amp works well ! The one in the living room 10 ft away no so good .The bed room may get 10 channels the other if your lucky 3 .Any help wood be appreciated !
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wa8yxm wrote:The FCC database references transmitter coordinates, not the studio that is only shown as a control point, or city of license.
I have not found it to be innaccurate, But with web pages (not Antenna Helper) I have had them give me the vector to the STUDIO instead of the Transmitter.
Now in some cases (IE: Channels 2 and 7 in Detroit) the difference is measured with a yard stick, and not many of them (like 50 yards) but in other cases (Channel 41 Battle Creek or Chan 3 Kalamazoo.. Closer to 40 miles.
But then on all the above I have been to the transmitter sites (Well close enough, in some cases in the site parking lot).
From what I can tell, Antenna Helper is giving me Tower sites, not studio sites.
As for coverages, the patterns shown are theoritical radiation patterns of the antenna, and they are quite accurate. They obviously don't take into consideration obstructions like trees, buildings, entire cities if you're down wind, weather, etc. The CALCULATED results are dead on. In the real world there are other programs that take all that other stuff into account, but it's not a factor in issuing a license.
