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Old 23-Aug-2012, 4:15 PM   #2
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Simple DTV reception solutions

Due to the hills between you and the transmitters you will need a fairly large antenna capable of reception of channels 7-51 mounted above the roof line.
If your best spot is on the lower end of the roof you should be ok provided you have a view to the transmitters and the rear of the antenna clears the roof by at least three feet . The type of antenna you need will not easily mount on a wall.

Install a Winegard HD7697P High VHF/UHF antenna and a Winegard AP-8700 pre-amplifier. The amplifier has a power supply that must be installed ahead of any splitters. You can use your Satellite coax, but remove any splitter/diplexers and replace with splitters designed to pass DTV 5-1000mhz.

The amplifier will make up for the 5db per 100' loss in your coax and splitters 3db loss per port if used.
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