Pete, she was referring to the specifications of the antenna she was looking at for her rooftop. They spec TV antennas in “miles to transmitter”… a rather nebulous measurement but it does provide an idea of reception ability when comparing antennas.
We still don’t know actually how far away the TV transmitters are from her residence.
Ed in Oregon
From: iPad@yahoogroups.com [mailto:iPad@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of petefromflorida
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150 miles? At that distance hills don't matter because the horizon is in the way. A small boat might only be able to get cell phone reception 10 miles offshore because after that it is below the horizon. Here's a link to a line of sight calculator.
http://easycalculation.com/physics/electromagnetism/vhf-uhf-distance.php
Pete
--- In iPad@yahoogroups.com, Denise O'Connor <RNMSW@...> wrote:
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> We have an RCA antenna with rabbit ears that is amplified. We have another flat antenna that is amplified. The antennas are near a north window and about three feet from the TV. We only use one :)
> According to the FCC we are suppose to receive ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, PBS. The PBS is from University of North Carolina and their transmitter is to our west. The other transmitter is to our east and further away. PBS comes in the best. I plan on getting one of those metal ones that go on the roof. The one I am looking at picks up to 150 miles away, given no big hills in between.
> Must be better than what we are receiving since HD, and no Dish TV.
> Denise in NC
> Sent from my iPad
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