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    Does anything tend to dx as a signal?

    VHF channels 2-6 can sometimes travel great distances when special climate conditions affect the upper layers of our atmosphere. You usually see this in the late afternoon and early evening in the hot summer months. I.ve seen maybe 7 states and 3 Canadian provinces when I lived in the high...
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    Chain saw food and LOS

    Remember this is sun outage season so you can use the sun's position in figuring out how much you need to lop off the trees. During sun outage days your BUD needs to have the unobstructed early mornig sun shining on it to get those low in the East birds.
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    Chain saw food and LOS

    Remember this is sun outage season so you can use the sun's position in figuring out how much you need to lop off the trees. During sun outage days your BUD needs to have the unobstructed early mornig sun shining on it to get those low in the East birds.
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    Chain saw food and LOS

    Remember this is sun outage season so you can use the sun's position in figuring out how much you need to lop off the trees. During sun outage days your BUD needs to have the unobstructed early mornig sun shining on it to get those low in the East birds.
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    Waterproof F Connection?

    With 25 years of antenna install experience I've tried just about every weatherproofing technique. By and far the best that I've found is to be sure to tighten the F connector (finger tight and then one sixth or one eighth of a turn more using a 7/16 wrench) and then using coax seal with Scotch...
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    US Based Lyngsat?

    One thing lacking on Lyngsat is a cross referance for Direct TV satellite transponders. In other words I can't tell from Lyngsat which transponder each service is on. Lyngsat has this for Dish and the C-Band satellites I use but not for Direct. Other than that I see no reason to use another site.
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    need help finding true south

    You can use the Sun as a true South indicator. Use a vertical pipe (longer is better) that's plumb. Tie a string to the base of the pipe at ground level to measure the shadow of the pipe, when the shadow is shortest as measured by the string, the string is on a true North-South line. A...