On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 07:25:59 -0700 (PDT), JoeSch
wrote:

I live in Connecticut, about 100 miles from New York City, (102 miles
by the lattitude-longitude charts) and I am about a block from the
water, Long Island Sound.

I grew up in New York and am a NY Jets and Giants fan, which is
broadcast from the Empire State building.

Hi Joe,

The long answer is No.

The short answer is that with the transmission antenna at 1250 feet
(give or take), it sees out to an horizon 25 miles away. An antenna
on the ground there would receive its signal, but you would have to
lift it as you pushed back. By the time you pushed back another 25
miles, that receiving antenna would also have to be 1250 feet in the
air. That is only 50 miles range for a very unlikely audience. You
are challenge by an additional 50 miles, which, from your perspective,
places the top of the Empire State building beneath the earth's
surface by a considerable depth. No amount of amplification will
rescue that situation.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC