Question about HD OTA antenna's

[Cope]

Is there a good antenna to use that would pick up local channels if the towers are 60 to 65 miles away?

 

[rickc]

Of course, a lot depends on the terrain between you and the station transmitters you are interested in receiving, but if you have no large hills between you and the towers you might well make it work.

I suggest you first google antennaweb, then go there and enter your zip code, and see what they recommend. If reception is available in your area they will show you which stations you might get, and they will recommend the type OTA antenna it will take in order to try and get those stations.

They are not a retail site, and will not try to sell you something.

 

[JH1949]

Is there a good antenna to use that would pick up local channels if the towers are 60 to 65 miles away?

http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=105108

 

[mebgardener]

Winegard Squareshooter with amp. Works great with my system.

 

[dougruss]

Winegard Squareshooter with amp. Works great with my system.

How far are you from the Towers ?

 

[dodge]

Hd Ota

What are the digital channel numbers are they all uhf channels 14-69??

If they are all in 14-69 the Winegard HD 9095 is the way to go!!!

 

[KKlare]

Remember they may be UHF now but the stations have to choose soon whether to keep the UHF or use the old VHF channel for their permanent assignment. Our KOAT is suppose to go back to 7. High VHF 7-13 are possible to get on some principally UHF antennas although not nearly as well as UHF. Low-VHF 2-6 are difficult -- read about the problems with CBS in Chicago on 3.

-Ken
BTW, UHF used to go to 83 but the government wants to re-allocate 70-83 to cell phones or such.

 

[dodge]

hd ota

I am in the chicago market , i have had problems with cbs chicago dt-3 , I put up a winegard hd-7084p with a 29 db preamp and it works well.