gfretwell@aol.com wrote in   
   news:n010ie1vfo55k6e6357mohaemke04j3ukb@4ax.com:   
      
   > What do you guys know about OTA TV signals. How much are the   
   > affected by trees?   
   > Long story short I have a "70 mile deep fringe" reflector antenna   
   > 30 feet up, aimed right at a tower 30 miles away, flat land in   
   > Florida. The signal still sucks. I had a lesser antenna same   
   > result. I even tried an amplifier. It still drops out   
   > occasionally. There is a big oak tree right in front of the   
   > antenna (20 feet away). It is just limbs at that height, not a   
   > log. Would moving this away from that tree help? I would just try   
   > it but it will be complicated to do.   
   >   
      
     If you are trying to get an HDTV signal, you need a digital   
   receiver and they usually are either full, clean signal, or dropped   
   with zero screen output.  There are no "snowy channels".   
      
     If you are still trying to tune an old analog TV station...  there   
   are not supposed to be any operating any more.   
      
    So UHF is all you need because that is all that gets broadcasted on   
   any more.   
      
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