Need some advice for an Antenna

[Quimby]

I just cut the cord with my cable company and it feels great! I still get internet through them, but once I get this antenna thing figured out and installed, I am going on a quest to find cheap reliable internet.

So I have done some research and have found I am anywhere from 30 to 50 miles away from the transmitters. We live up on a hill, but we do have trees and homes near us. I was in Best Buy last night and they told me that where we live, there is no indoor antenna that will work. We bought a cheap RCA indoor one just to see if we could get a signal. After messing around, we were able to get 3 channels and that was it. That was only if I held the antenna in the top left corner of the window. As soon as I moved it, the signal was lost.

I am looking for some advice on antennas to look at purchasing and reliable places to buy them from.

Here is the link to the details of my location:

http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3d5b9496d2fae169

Thanks for the help.

[GroundUrMast]

If you are willing to consider outdoor mounting, you can have access to the full range of available programing.

I would have no shame using my roof top or chimney as the base for mounting an Antennas Direct DB8e facing south as a starting aim point and an Antennacraft Y10713 pointed at about 190° per a compass. Combine both antennas using an RCA TVPRAMP1R preamplifier.

[teleview]

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A Simple reception situation.

A 1 Antenna Solution.

Above the Peak of the Roof in such a manner that the roof and building are not , obstructing , impeding , blocking , reception in the directions of , South West , South , South East , North West.

Install a , http://www.antennacraft.net.
HBU44 antenna aimed at about 180 degree magnetic compass direction.

Here is how to aim antennas , http://www.kyes.com/antenna/pointing/pointing.html.

Use a Real and Actual magnetic compass to aim antenna.

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Install a , http://www.channelmasterstore.com , CM7778 preamplifier.

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For 1 Tv connected use No splitter.

For 2 Tv's connected use a , Holland Electronics , HFS-2D , 2 way splitter.

Fo 3 Tv's connected use a , Holland Electronics , HFS-3D , 3 way splitter.

Buy the , HFS-2D and HFS-3D , splitters at , http://www.solidsignal.com , or , http://www.hollandelectronics.com.

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Digital Broadcast Tv Tuners can develop - Digital Glitches - that are not cleared out with simple channel scans.

To clear tuner do Double Rescan.

http://www.wchstv.com/DoubleReScanAlert.pdf.

The Digital Tv Must Channel Scan for the , ATSC-Digital Broadcast Tv Stations/Channel.

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Here are some above the roof antenna mounts.

http://www.ronard.com/909911.html.
Use the , ronard(911) , 5 foot tripod antenna mount.

http://www.ronard.com/34424560.html.
Use the , ronard(4560) , eave antenna mount.

http://www.ronard.com/ychim.html.
Measure around the chimney and use a , ronard(2212) , ronard(2218) , ronard(2224) .

Buy the ronard antenna mounts at , http://www.solidsignal.com , by typing , ronard(x) , in the solidsignal serach box or buy from , http://www.ronard.com.

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Here are some places to buy antennas and etc. .

http://www.antennacraft.net.

http://www.amazon.com.

http://www.solidsignal.com.

http://www.channelmasterstore.com.

http://www.ronard.com.

http://www.hollandelectronics.com.