Anybody know of a database of broadcast (AM/FM/TV) antenna geographic locations? In the USA.
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Try the KGB archives.
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Go to the the FCC website and look under the "Media Bureau". You can give them search criteria or your location (Degrees, Minutes, Seconds) and a radius in km/miles and get back everything in that service, including transmitter location , a distance and bearing, HAAT, etc. . You can even get the data in a field delimted form if you want to play with awk or a spreadsheet.
was the one I used for TV, but there's at least an FM one there, too.
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Excellent. Thanks. The second link has what I need, plus a link to the FCC databases which the FCC search had trouble finding :-/
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Hello Paul,
That helped me finding what my chances for cell coverage out here would be. The only problem at times is that they list the owner entity for the tower which isn't always identical with the operator or lessee.
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It seems to be fine for broadcast TV stations. I'm trying to figure out some antenna configurations. Cellular coverage can be weird. I live not more than a few hundred yards from a power transmission line. Every damned cellular company hangs their gear on those towers and yet I can't get a decent connection half the time.
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Hello Paul,
I had heard on TV that some carriers "assign" you a home tower. No idea why, makes no sense. Maybe they over-subscribed an area a bit but it'll still clog their spectrum.
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I live not
You may be getting static interference from the power lines. Those big
345kV lines have a constant corona emanating from every exposed inch of wire. Makes quite a racket throughout the RF spectrum.If they're lower voltage lines it could be some insulator arcing a bit. Do you live anywhere near salt water? Maybe the insulators need to be washed off.
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