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Originally Posted by rabbit73
I suggest a Stellar Labs 30-2476 VHF antenna aimed at Chattanooga and your CM7777HD preamp. It might help to tilt the front end of the antenna up a little to catch the signals coming down from the mountain peak.
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I agree that the Stellar Labs VHF antenna is a good choice.
This is one of those situations where you can take advantage of ground gain to tilt the signal up instead of tilting the antenna. If you can figure out the optimum height, the ground gain can be as high as 6 db. For this to work, the slope of the land in front of your antenna must also be considered. The angle from your location to the mountain that will reflect the signals from WTVC is about 2 degrees uptilt.
http://www.qsl.net/oz1rh/gndgain/gnd_gain_eme_2002.htm