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Old 7-Nov-2014, 11:56 AM   #4
timgr
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Very wooded is a problem. Trees break up and attenuate TV signal badly, in general. Your best approach would be to get above the treeline with your antenna, or aim through a gap in the trees.

Look here for some insight on how trees affect TV signal - http://www.hdtvprimer.com/antennas/siting.html

If you want to post some pictures of the line of sight (LOS) from where you want to place your antenna, we could comment.

Aside from the trees, it all depends on how ambitious you are, what channels you really have to have, and how much time and effort you want to spend.

The DB8 is a good antenna, and it might pick up WTNH if pointed in its general direction. The grids on the antenna are reflectors, and they focus the incoming signal from the front, and block signal from the rear. So the antenna has a front and a back - this is typical. The DB8e is a newer antenna, and more is more sensitive (narrower band) and more flexible in aiming. https://www.antennasdirect.com/store...V-Antenna.html But it's just UHF - unlikely it will pick up any VHF stations, even the close-in one. One option is to add the VHF dipole to either of these - https://www.antennasdirect.com/store/Reflectors.html - then you'd pick up strong VHF stations in front of the reflector.

But frst I'd look at siting. Ideally you want to be on the roof peak, as high as you can manage, above the tree tops.
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