Like the title states I live in rockford, and did a TV Fool Already,
(15 foot height, (pole on the back deck))
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...5b94133c70bede
(35 foot height, (somehow getting my land lord to allow me to slap an antenna 10 feet high on the roof))
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...5b94c81a39bc77
My current setup is comcast and an AMD All in wonder Cablecard tuner in my computer. I'm paying 70 bucks a month for internet and local tv. Local TV doesn't include chicago WGN which has black hawks games and the sports package is another 10 bucks a month. With that my idea is to ditch comcast and find other alternatives for internet.
I've been poking around the site for a few days but haven't had enough time to thoroughly research everything. How much money am I looking at spending and is it even possible to do what i'm trying to do RELIABLY. I'm gathering I'll need to get a preamp nomatter what
The channels I care about the most would probably be WFLD and WGN (all 111* and the other chicago channels though 2 is meh) this is a view from my back deck (hoping I could just put an antenna there) facing ~111*
Do I just wing it and buy an antenna and see? Is there a specific setup that would work best? Can I build an antenna? Any advice or pointing in the right direction would be fantastic
Thanks,
Steve
Reliability is probably the most key thing to me, with price obviously being a close second, I'd like to know what i'm up against here.