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Originally Posted by SoonerDude
I found this Antennacraft model (CCS1843) at Solidsignal, seems to be comparable to the Winegard 8200U, do you know anything about it? It's quite a bit cheaper and if it'll pick up the same as the 8200U, I think I'll go that route.
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If I believe the technical specs offered by both companies, it looks like the 8200U has better performance. The Antennacraft claims 9.1 dB (I believe they mean dBd and not dBi) of gain in high-VHF and 9.3 dB of gain in UHF. The Winegard has about 11 dBd in high-VHF and about 13 dBd in UHF.
These few dB of difference won't mean anything for the Oklahoma City stations since they are so close.
If you are going to install an antenna rotator for the Tulsa stations, then the extra few dB will help. Those stations are starting out with negative Noise Margin values, so every dB will help. A good pre-amp is also important when going for stations at this level.