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I'm located in Santa Maria. The only stations broadcasting over the air in HD are NBC and CBS. Both Fox and ABC broadcast OTA digital, but ABC has problems with their OTA signal (it's very weak). Most land-based cable companies offer CBS/Fox/ABC/NBC in HD. Direct offers them all as well...

I checked my signal strength, and the 119 TP 13 is about 65-67. 119 TP 7 is 25-26. So I am able to receive it, but is the low strength going to affect the reception? I'm located in the Santa Barbara/Santa Maria/San Luis Obispo area. According to the diagram provided by digi, I appear to be...

How do I check the specific spotbeam coverage? Is it the same menu 6-1-1 path? Sorry about the questions. I'm fairly technologically savy, but this kind of thing confuses me.

Thanks. It looks like I probably fall outside that area. Isn't Los Angeles a conus broadcast? I could do that instead, I guess. Where would I find the nifty graphics showing the approximate coverage areas?

I currently live in the CA central coast, where Dish doesn not offer local channels in HD. Right now I can only get CBS HD by using my OTA. I think if I "move" to the San Francisco bay area, I'll be able to get all the locals from there in HD. They appear to be broadcast of the 129 satellite...

Thanks for the input. I was trying to avoid the rotator only because of the added complexity and delay in picking up the stations. Right now I'm leaning towards trying the omni antenna just to see what I can get. I may end up with the rotator though. I did notice something strange when...

I'm trying to figure out which antenna to install so I can pick up all my locals (93455 zip code) in HD. I'm currently using a cheap indoor antenna and receive CBS (in Santa Maria), but don't receive NBC (in San Luis Obispo) or ABC (in Santa Barbara). Going to antennaweb, the broadcast towers...