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    Help in Getting OTA in Centreville, VA

    Welcome! Any obstructions that would block reception? ie: trees, hills, buildings etc... I would install a rotor so you could watch any channel. It also looks like most of the channels are around the same degrees so maybe a little higher might help. Paul
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    Farthest tv station you have received?

    Update: Still manually turning antenna on roof so I turn it here and turn it there constantly doing rescans on two tvs. One tv I have a Insignia digital converter box(VERY strong signal finder) and tv2 built-in tuner. I recently p/u a snowy Analog ch. 2 on tv2. The ch. logo said CTV and that's...
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    Farthest tv station you have received?

    I live on a hill here in Boston so even with rabbit ears I get 20-25 stations. I recently put up a bigger roof antenna and I get 47 yes 47 channels! Granted some are duplicates. The farthest one I get now(intermittently) is Vermont Public Television(VPT) ch. 33.1,.2,.3.4 that's about 200 miles...
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    Seriously considering OTA only - Any flaws in my plan?

    I used the Dishnet j-mast on chimney and attached a rotor then a short pipe and a Radio Shack VU90 and I get 37 channels from Manchester,N.H. to Providence, R,I. and in between. I used same cable since it is rg6. Paul
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    Question

    bobby c: first, the basics. get up on roof and make sure all nuts/bolts are tight and you might consider an extra strap for mast(ok. noted for winds) i would use a 2way splitter on downlead in house-1 to box and 1 directly to tv ant. input. you also might need a stronger ant-1 that has a support...
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    Digital vs. Analog antenna power.

    melnic: i don't which antenna to use but as far as the placement on your house u state 'local rules'. is that a homeowners assn.? the "OTARD" laws enacted in 1996 state in part that no organization/group can prevent a party from sending/receiving a signal for television/communication. they...