Here's my deal. I was sick of dealing with our only cable company and decided to try Dish Network. I have a HDTV and four regular tvs. I ordered the HDTV package with local channels. I know that I won't get local channels in High Def without a HDTV antenna. But I have no idea what to get. Ideally, I'd love to get both the Baton Rouge and New Orleans stations - even the non-high def ones. We know nothing about antennas or even setting them up. We saw this online and were thinking of ordering it.

Terrestrial Digital
DB8 Multidirectional
HDTV Antenna


Can anyone help me out here - in the simplest terms. Think "Antennas for Dummies"

When I look on antennaweb I get this:

red - vhf WAFB 9 CBS BATON ROUGE LA 274° 25.7 9
* red - vhf WBRZ-DT 2.1 ABC BATON ROUGE LA 263° 24.5 13
blue - uhf WGMB 44 FOX BATON ROUGE LA 268° 29.5 44
blue - vhf WBRZ 2 ABC BATON ROUGE LA 263° 24.5 2
blue - uhf WLFT-CA 30 IND BATON ROUGE LA 282° 16.8 30
blue - uhf WLPB 27 PBS BATON ROUGE LA 276° 25.3 27
blue - uhf WVLA 33 NBC BATON ROUGE LA 268° 29.5 33
blue - uhf WHNO 20 IND NEW ORLEANS LA 121° 53.4 20
blue - vhf WWL 4 CBS NEW ORLEANS LA 122° 53.2 4
blue - uhf WPXL 49 i NEW ORLEANS LA 121° 53.4 49
violet - uhf WNOL 38 CW NEW ORLEANS LA 114° 55.2 38
violet - uhf WGNO 26 ABC NEW ORLEANS LA 114° 55.2 26
violet - uhf WLAE 32 PBS NEW ORLEANS LA 114° 55.1 32
violet - vhf WVUE 8 FOX NEW ORLEANS LA 116° 56.2 8
violet - vhf WDSU 6 NBC NEW ORLEANS LA 117° 55.9 6
violet - uhf WBXH-CA 46 MNT BATON ROUGE LA 305° 33.2 46
* violet - uhf WGMB-DT 45.1 FOX BATON ROUGE LA 268° 29.5 45

I would suggest you try posting in the Baton Rouge OTA Thread (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=9612476#post9612476). It looks like your much closer to BR, maybe Port Vincent/French Settlement? Post your Antennaweb.org results but select digital channels only. This provides a much simpler format. On Antennaweb.org, try selecting options and add a few hundred feet to the antenna height to get more useful information. You will certainly get good advice in the BR thread.