If they revert back to VHF, that wont be good for me.. but i'm in the tri-city market area as well. I'm further north in VA. I have a DB8 with a PA16 pre amp on a rotator and can pick up wcyb, wjhl, and wkpt at 47 miles and WEMT at 67 miles consistently. I can also get WBXX out of knoxville...