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post #1 of 7
2/24/13 at 11:01am
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So last week I finally made the decision to go OTA and ditch Satellite after 12 years. To test it out I bought a basic indoor rabbit ears antenna and was surprised at how well they worked. But is very sensitive to weather. So I want to get a more robust antenna (and anything else recommended) to improve the performance. I will use the existing cabling in the house from the satellite and likely will mount it outdoors near the existing splitter. This may have to be replaced. I want to feed signal to 4 TVs. Below is my TVFool data.

I was thinking about the Wingard Freeview. I am 30-35 miles from most of my local stations that I care about. How well would this work? Would it be good to get a signal amplifier? What am I not thinking about?

http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3d1dda4a08f54979
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post #2 of 7
2/24/13 at 12:07pm
Get one of these: http://www.amazon.com/RCA-ANT751R-Outdoor-Optimized-Reception/dp/B0024R4B5C
It should work very well outdoors.
Avoid any antenna with an amplifier with your very strong signals. The amp would likely overload and block many of your stations.
John
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post #3 of 7
2/24/13 at 8:14pm
Looking at the chart, most of the stations come from the 1 - 40 degree direction. Now the question is; is WJSP important on RF 23. It's a PBS stations that carries World & a PBS Kids channel on the subchannels. I wouldn't worry about WJSP's translator on RF 13, as it's only 140 watts to the west, & requires a pre-amp for that station. It might be possible to pick it up off the back side, but results vary. Also, if you can't pick up WSB-TV on RF 39 from the main Atlanta tower farm area, then you'll need an antenna pointed at 267 degrees to pick up WSB-TV's translator on RF 17, which is closer to you than RF 39 is. Regardless of antenna, you need one with VHF-Hi, as you have 2 VHF stations in the Atlanta market. I would actually suggest either the Winegard HD7694 or Antennacraft HBU22 or 33 before I'd recommend the Winegard Freevision FV-HD30, or any 2 bay antenna. Since you're more than 30 miles from most of your stations, You want an antenna that has a bit more gain than the Freevision FVHD30.
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post #4 of 7
2/25/13 at 5:07am
Please add a location to the title of ALL antenna help threads. See my edit.
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post #5 of 7
2/25/13 at 6:49am
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Thanks for all the input...great info.
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post #6 of 7
2/25/13 at 9:03am
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Would this be the proper type of splitter to use?

http://www.amazon.com/RCA-SIGNAL-SPLITTER4-WAY-Satellite-Splitters/dp/B004KS5L98/ref=sr_1_9?s=tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1361811860&sr=1-9&keywords=splitter
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post #7 of 7
2/25/13 at 9:28am
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Also, any recommendation on a mount for the Antennacraft HBU33 for roof/attic mounting?
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