Yeah, thanx for the links. One cited a 24db antenna. Doing that with a 100mhz Yagi would be a challenge. But- the people with cell phones tell me of dead air all over the Ozarks. You cant hardly go 5 miles on any road without loosing it. If it aint the hills, its the timber... and maybe acid rain, which not having a neutral ph, is conductive, grounding out the signals in wet woods.
Nor do I see where any local group would impinge on the bandwidth of their own emergency services. But most folks I know already have the dish, and dont even get the local TV off the yagi. I suspect that the broadcast transmitters have been cutting power; the fringe signals are fading faster. Electricity is expensive.
