Hello,
I am trying to get setup for OTA reception, and this is what I am dealing with.
Location
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62 miles from the major LA trasmitters on Mt Wilson. I have the following hardware:
Channel Master 7778 Preamp
Channel Master 4228HD Antenna mounted at 20' level on roof. Clear line of sight (LOS) to Mt Wilson. There are 1000 - 1500' hills about 14 miles distant , but to the south of my LOS.
30ft of good coax with High Quality crimped on connectors.
TV
I have a Vizio TV and am using the internal tuner.
Wehen doing a scan I only get about 20 stations (most junk), and only receive the following that I really want: NBC 4.1, 4.2 and 4.4 and KTLA 5.1. These come in pretty welll, though 4.1 comes and goes. 5.1 is rock solid and crystal clear.
I really want to get channels 2 CBS, 7 ABC and FOX 11 , as well as 9 and 13.
I see that KTLA pushes 1000kw, but so does CBS. Not really sure why I get 4 and 5 but not the others.
Do I need a directional boom antenna like the 91 GX and or a VHF antenna like the YA 1713?
Or do I need a decent OTA Tuner? The Visio has no signal strength meter.
I remember years ago that the tuner in out hitachi VCR was way better than the tuner in our TV.
Thanks,
Tony