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OTA Help Please

tff17

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Jan 24, 2006
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I have been reading the excellent info here. I would like some suggestions on a good OTA. Here is the info on my digital stations:

yellow - uhf WPXW-DT 66.1 i MANASSAS VA 294° 9.4 43
red - uhf WNVC-DT 57.1 IND FAIRFAX VA 348° 9.0 57
red - uhf WETA-DT 26.1 PBS WASHINGTON DC 19° 9.6 27
red - uhf WJLA-DT 7.1 ABC WASHINGTON DC 28° 14.2 39
red - uhf WUSA-DT 9.1 CBS WASHINGTON DC 28° 14.2 34
red - uhf WTTG-DT 5.1 FOX WASHINGTON DC 27° 14.5 36
red - uhf WRC-DT 4.1 NBC WASHINGTON DC 28° 13.5 48
blue - uhf WFDC-DT 14.1 TFA ARLINGTON VA 28° 13.5 15
blue - uhf WNVT-DT 30.1 IND GOLDVEIN VA 250° 17.3 30
blue - uhf WHUT-DT 33 PBS WASHINGTON DC TBD 28° 14.2 33
violet - uhf WBDC-DT 50.1 WB WASHINGTON DC 37° 16.1 51

I have a dish, but am using the antenna for my local HD stations. I currently have a Terk powered bar antenna (forget the model) mounted on a 10 ft. mast on my roof. I get the major 4 networks, although they drop every once in a while. I don't get WBDC-DT. I was looking at the DB4 from Antenna's Direct. Do you think I will have better luck with that. Other reccomendations? Thanks.
 
The only problem with the DB-4 might be that in 2009 WUSA is reverting to channel 9 and WJLA is reverting to Channel 7.

You might be better served to use an unamplified CM 4228 as it has modest reception abilities in the upper VHF band and you are close enough that it should work both for the present UHF selections and the post analog shutoff channels.