I'm surrounded by 80' pine trees. With a lot of hickory and oak scattered amongst them. When the leaves and pine needles come back, I'll really be in trouble.
OTA: The Big Trees Factor
Oh the irony! Here I am cheering on OTA converts, yet I can't enjoy it myself the way I'd like to! I am chomping at the bit to get those up and running but actually I've now done 2 test placements on the roof and the results were really awful due to the tall trees. I can't seem to find a sweet spot anywhere in the yard after dragging around my CM4228 on its mast, with my LG tuner with a 13" TV in tow. Also 4DTV_HD offered to come by with his spectrum analyzer to see if we can find one but I doubt that we would so I don't want to waste his time. I had to put my ugly little satellite dishes up on a 10' pole in my vegetable garden just to see the BEV sats.tigerbangs said:
My only choices are 1) put up a 60' tower
2) chainsaw massacre (illegal - the trees are protected, and we love them too)
3) move
4) climb that big tall fir tree and put all the gear up there (not!)
We'll see, but I tell ya its frustating, like having a Jacuzzi with no water connection.
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Here is a picture that will give some idea about the trees I am dealing with. This photo is taken looking just a little east of north. Photo was taken in January 2003.
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Here's a screen capture off of google earth. I have a mobile home right under the trees below the pin cushion. The antenna is in center of the bare spot.
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