I currently run a homemade bowtie like
THIS inside my living room and do okay. I'm getting everything in yellow with minimal pixelation. Sometimes I can get the Balto channels if I reaim.
I would like to upgrade to an outdoor antenna in the attic. I have a 100 year old house with a steep pitched roof and would rather not go up there. I know there will be signal loss putting an antenna in the attic, but I can't imagine it is much worse than my current setup. Plus using an off the shelf unit will allow mounting to a rotor and getting all my channels. Currently the TV is on the second floor so if I attic mount the antenna I would have ~20' of coax.
Is a preamp neccesary at my distance and cable run?
Is attic mounting that horrible?
What is the signal reception comparison of these 3 winegard antennas:
winegard hd7694p
winegard hd7697p
winegard hd7698p
I am about 50 miles from my furthest broadcast tower. Here is my tvfool:
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...4bbaf01ccd86c3
As I said I am currently using a homemade db4 style antenna and would like to upgrade to one of these antennas with a rotor in the attic so I don't have to readjust my unslightly homebrew.