johnml said:
i had the HR10-250 installed last Friday along with the directv supplied OTA antenna. I'm only 15-16 miles from the Miami antenna farm. The directv supplied antenna is a UHF only antenna, but FOX & ABC are VHF so no go with them. they insisted on sending out a tech today to try to adjust it but the tech didn't understand one word of English and i don't understand Spanish

But I did get Directv to give me a $50.00 credit for the antenna and a $20.00 credit for the tech who showed up 3 hours late - Guess I'll have to try another antenna...
Well it sounds like you are headed in the right direction.
Generally the antenna D* offers is junk.
Go to antennaweb.org if you have not yet, see what they recemmend, looks like you have signals on the UHF and VHF as well, so I would get a antenna that does both.
Your loxcation from the towers are minimal so you don't need one that goes like 90 miles, but 40-60 would be good, more than you may need, but if you decide to use a rotor you can move it around to optimize your signal and also should be able to get stations from a bit farther away as well.
I was actually looking at the Miami stations because there was a lot more available than FT. Lauderdale.
The 50 that D* gave you should cover the cost or at least close.
Hope this helps.
Jimbo