Antenna Help

[zybecus]

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Hi. I live in a very rural area and would like to pick up the major networks. I'm sick of wasting money with the cable company.

I need advice on what to look for in an antenna and pre-amp. Thanks!

[mtownsend]

It looks like your channels are a fair distance away (about 46 miles) and slightly blocked by some hills. Here's a cross-sectional view of KSPR to give you an idea of what the terrain looks like between the transmitter and your home:

http://www.tvfool.com/modeling/tmp/9fbe/4fe/02de944/PRE-KSPR-DT.png (http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3d9fbe4fe02de944%26t%3dALLTV%26n%3d1)

The good news is that there's still enough signal reaching you (for the top five stations in your list) to be captured by a good antenna and they are all coming from the same direction.

I'd recommend using a Winegard HD7698P on your roof, pointed west, and a pre-amp. Some good pre-amp choices would be the Winegard AP-8700, Antennacraft 10G202, or Channel Master 7777. Use RG6 coax to connect everything together.