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Re: Transmitter location



A couple of the VHF sites are on the west side of Sebago Lake, another
north of the lake.

Check out www.FCC.gov site, there is a query to look up TV station
coordinates.



On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 22:25:04 GMT, EL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Is there a data base anywhere that will give me the location of 
>commercial broadcast transmitting antennas and possibly the azmuthal 
>beam shaping employed.
>
>I'm located 75 feet from the coast of Maine at en elevation of 45 feet 
>and have great difficulty receiving Portland, ME network broadcasts.  I 
>suspect that the problem is due to geologic and vegetative shielding, 
>and if employed, beam shaping that doesn't favor "wasting" energy by 
>transmitting out over the Atlantic.
>
>I'd like to place the transmitting locations and my home on a topo map 
>and see where the problem is.
>
>Thanks,
>Boden




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