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Old 8-May-2015, 11:48 PM   #2
rabbit73
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Welcome, matt:

A lot of your channels are far away, some are VHF, some are UHF, and they are in many different directions. It isn't going to be easy, so you will have to decide which are the most important channels and concentrate on them first.

What will help is that there is more than one Fox to pick, and some of the networks you want are not listed on your tvfool report but they are available on translator transmitters:
http://www.rabbitears.info/search.ph...pe=dBm&height=

Click on each callsign to expand to see the networks.

I added some networks to your report; see the attachment.
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I really don't want to poke holes in my metal roof so could I use one of those gable end brackets that screw into the fascia? Anyone have experience with those? Do they hold up in wind?
They are OK for small antennas, but the large antenna/antennas that you need would be too much for them. You could run the mast down to the ground, and have the gable mount hold it at the top.

The VHF (7-13)/UHF combo to consider is the Winegard HD7698P. For UHF (real channel 14-51) only in another direction consider the Antennas Direct 91XG or DB8e. Combining antennas is a little tricky. A VHF with a UHF is easy with a UVSJ. Combining two UHF antennas doesn't always work.

You could use a rotator, but who wants to wait while it swings around, and who wants to repair it in the middle of January?

If you need to have more than one antenna, you can use an A/B switch for instant change of direction.
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