To receive the Philly area Tv stations and receive as many of the New York Tv stations as possible using 1 antenna aimed in 1 direction.
Install a Winegard HD7084P antenna above the roof aimed at about 43 degree magnetic compass direction.
Here is how to aim antennas ,
http://www.kyes.com/antenna/pointing/pointing.html.
Use a Old School magnetic compass to aim antenna.
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Install a Winegard , LNA-200 'Boost' XT amplifier.
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For 1 Tv connected use No splitter.
For 2 or more Tv's connected , the LNA-200 , power supply , power injector , preamp must all be before the input of the splitter , or , use a splitter that passes power through the splitter so the power supply and power injector can be on the inside of house.
Here are some power passing splitters.
Holland Electronics , HFS-2D , 2 way splitter.
Holland Electronics , HFS-3D , 3 way splitter.
Buy the HFS splitters at ,
http://www.solidsignal.com.
Here are some places to buy antennas and etc. .
http://www.solidsignal.com.
http://www.amazon.com.
http://www.winegarddirect.com.
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