Unlike most of our other tower locations which are using cellular and paging towers, the Newport antenna site is on top of a local water tank. This tank is located on a hill just east of the Eastport bridge next to the county water plant. There is a cell phone tower next to the water tank but our antennas are mounted on the top of the water tank. When checking your line of site for Newport, make sure you look for the top of the water tank. As of the middle of August we have 5 beta sites up and running.
Signal strengths are very high in the areas around Newport Grammar.
In areas near Baptist hospital, line of site is not required the antenna is pointed through 1 or 2 trees. One of the testers is about 1 mile behind Walmart in the lower Cosby area. This site is getting a fair signal ratting with a 24 DB antenna. Another beta site about 1 mile south of Bridgeport school below Rocky Top is getting a good signal rating with a 24 db antenna. This was a surprise since we had felt this was too far from the main signal area to get a good signal.