Have you ever tried to get a clear picture, "next to the TV transmitter station"? The radiation pattern on the transmitting antenna leaves almost no signal in the shadow of the tower. I had to point the OTA antenna towards another tower a half mile away to get enough signal to monitor the 5 MW EIRP signal at the Channel 55 tower in Orange City, Florida. People within a half mile of the tower base couldn't get a clear signal.
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Thanks! Rich
Yep, it's all about the antenna. Hell, even a dipole tuned to the midpopint of the band used for HD would get better performance.
The highest gain in smalllest size would b obtained by using focused wave antenna antenna, inhelical mode basd upon your description
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