[dtvmcdonald]

Before the NTSCs went dark, I could always get the UHF ATSCs
out of Indy (120 mi) and St. Louis (180 mi) and sometimes Louisville and
Lexington when the tropo propagation was good. If I got snowy
reception on NTSC, I got the ATSC. This was two different
home-made "natural bandwidth" 16 element Yagis, one for Ch. 27 and
one for Ch. 44. I have not tried since I moved, as I'm now on the 2nd floor
and before was on the third. I still reliably get a Ch. 44 ATSC at 68 miles.
All this with a dedicated Ch. 44 GaAsFET 0.5dB NF preamp. The season is
approaching, I'll try again.

It really impressed folks if I was watching HDTV baseball with an absolutely perfect picture
and told them the station was in St. Louis.

Doug McDonald