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I'm about 45 miles North of the St. Louis towers. I can get most major St. Louis channels (big networks) decently with a Amazonbasic 50 mile amplified indoor antenna in a 2nd story window.
For fun though I would like to try to pull in channels from Hannibal/Quincy market that are right about 70 miles N/NE of me. There are also channels in Columbia/Jeff City.
So in other words I'd like to pull in channels from multiple markets in different directions. I hardly even watch TV, just thought this would be a fun project.
This is what I'm thinking of buying but wanted to get opinions first:
For antenna: Channel Master 3020
Rotator: Channel Master 9521A
Amplifier: Channel Master CM-7777HD (or maybe the cheaper 7777 Titan 2)
Also am considering the Channelmaster DVR
Antenna would be mounted about 25ft up or so.
It would run on RG6 to 1 television on the first floor.
Another antenna I was considering was the Marathon:
https://www.amazon.com/Marathon-Dist...rathon+antenna
Seems to have great reviews and would probably be easier to mount and be less directional. A lot of professional installers seem to use this type.
Is that design as or more effective than the old style?
Also the TV I'd be running this to is a Vizio that does not even have a Coax input. So I have to either have a DVR or some type of conversion box. I would probably go with the Channelmaster DVR - but I have heard some people say it doesn't translate the best signal. It's interesting how some TVs will get certain channels better even when the antenna setup will be exactly the same.
I appreciate any opinions!