Re: TV picture quality problems

Ken Weitzel <kweitzel@xxxxxxx> wrote in news:somjg.14181$IK3.9766
@pd7tw1no:


In other words, bubble level at your location is very wrong, you
have to raise the director (the shortest bars, pointed to the
station) end of the antenna considerably. I leave it to you to
find out how much, but a suggestion would be to either temporarily
run an AC cord up there, or get a hold of a battery operated set,
hook it up on the roof, and watch it while manipulating the antenna.

I second Ken's suggestion of taking a small tv set up on the roof. And I
agree that, from your location, the transmitting antennas on Mr. Wilson
are *above* the horizon. In other words, you have line-of-sight contact
between your antenna and the transmitters. (Unless you are tucked behind
a hill or something.) At 45 miles, line-of-sight, you should have darn
good tv reception.

When the air is clear (and I know this is hypothetical, considering air
quality between LA and Riverside) I bet you can *see* Mt. Wilson with
binoculars. That's the direction you want to aim your antenna.
.

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