Even though SFNs, in away, hide many needs for coverage area consideration by many users it is still a very important asset in certain topographical locations - like mine! Soma maps I have seen suggest that Tx would just serve this location, but its actually behind/underneath a hill. So I guess coverage of Tx is important to see mapped - about 20 years ago it was just possible to see the top mounted ANL, after dark on very clear nights. But is not great here presumably the Heathfield Tx field strength is terrain limited at this location?

For these sort of reasons, I believe the pixel display is more useful than the "coverage area" display, because they show the small areas in shadow which do not show in area displays.

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Tuesday 14 June 2011 2:37PM

Many thanks for these betas - I did say WOW to myself on sight of - didn't look right, since I had assumed it would cover the peninsula up to Newquay and roughly?

is interesting! It is now obvious that coverage where I am is outside the area (just to North), but there MUST be loads of deeply shadowed locations to the , especially behind "Beachy Head" and the "Severn Sisters Downs" range, so it is hard to believe there will be coverage that far West in Brighton/Hove, deep below the Downs ridge, from Hastings. My previous point was that these 'no service' locations are not shown.

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