On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 17:00:32 -0400, "Robert Morein"
wrote:


"Goofball_star_dot_etal" wrote in message
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On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 02:38:10 -0400, "Robert Morein"
wrote:

There really isn't.
It is a common misconception that a station is not received due to
inadequate signal strength. This is actually quite rare.

******** (run out of fingers)

It is the rule that the vast majority of VHF stations are out of
range.

The range is usually not determined by signal strength. It is loss of phase
coherency, due to the increasing number of multiple paths as distance from
the station increases.


There is no doubt that multiple paths can mess up your TV or FM stereo
but there is also no doubt that signal decreases with range, rapidly
for VHF over ground and more rapidly when the path passes close to or
over the horizon. 40miles is a long way unless the antennae are high
up. High antenna gain is good whatever but at 88.3 MHz indoors that is
not really much of an option. Get the antenna out and UP if one can.