Help With Reception in New Jersey

[Watavue]

Hello, I'm on the verge of cutting the cord with my cable company and would just like some advise on what type of antenna/setup would be best for me. There are so many antenna's to choose from and so I wanna make sure I buy the right one. If anyone can help me, I'd greatly appreciate it!

Here is my signal analysis:
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...5b94d64d597067

Thanks!

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The Philadelphia Area Digital Broadcast Tv Stations/Channels have the Most Networks to receive.

A antenna aimed at about 280 degree magnetic compass direction will receive Philadelphia Area Tv stations and some of the stronger New York Tv stations.

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The Current Tv Channels that are being Transmitted and Received in the , USA , Canada , Mexico , are.

VHF low band channels 2 thru 6.

VHF high band channels 7 thru 13.

UHF band channels 14 thru 51.

Your reception location has channels All 3 Tv Bands.

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Install a ,

http://www.antennacraft.net.

HD1200 , All channel antenna Above The Peak Of The Roof aimed at about 280 degree magnetic compass direction.

Here is how to aim antennas , http://www.kyes.com/antenna/pointing/pointing.html.

Use a Real and Actual magnetic compass to aim antenna.

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Here are some above the roof antenna mounts.

http://www.ronard.com/909911.html.
Use the , ronard(911) , 5 foot tripod antenna mount.

http://www.ronard.com/34424560.html.
Use the , ronard(4560) , eave antenna mount.

http://www.ronard.com/ychim.html.
Measure around the chimney and use a , ronard(2212) , ronard(2218) , ronard(2224) .

Buy the ronard antenna mounts at , http://www.ronard.com , or , http://www.amazon.com.

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Home Depot has 10 foot 6 inch lengths of , TOP RAIL , chain link fence PIPE that is good for antenna mast pipe , the price is about 10 dollars.

I am not saying to use the full length of the pipe , what I am saying is , makes good antenna mast pipe and is low dollars.

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Install a , http://www.antennacraft.net.

10G201 preamplifier.

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For 1 Tv connected use No splitter.

For 2 Tv's connected use a , Holland Electronics , HFS-2D , 2 way splitter.

For 3 Tv's connected use a , Holland Electronics , HFS-3D , 3 way splitter.

For 4 Tv's connected use a , Holland Electronics , HFS-4D , 4 way splitter.

Buy the , HFS-2D , HFS-3D , HFS-4D , splitters at , http://www.hollandelectronics.com , or , http://www.amazon.com.

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As Always , trees and tree leaves , plants and plant leaves , have a Negative Effect on Broadcast Tv Reception and so do buildings and other obstructions including your own roof and building.

Some and not all Negative Effects are.

Absorbing and Blocking Reception.

Multi-Path Reflecting Tv Signals Bouncing All Around.

The Best Practice for Reliable Reception is to install the antenna at a location that has the least amount to no amount of obstructions of any type or kind in the directions of reception including your own roof and building.

The directions of reception at your location are , West , South West , North West , North , North East.

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Here are some places to buy antennas and etc. .

http://www.amazon.com.

http://www.antennacraft.net.

http://www.hollandelectronics.com.

http://www.ronard.com.

[Watavue]

Thank you for your response. I was looking at that one and the Antenna craft hd1800 but couldn't decide. I definitely want to be able to hit the New York stations as well as Philly.

[stvcmty]

Originally Posted by Watavue

I definitely want to be able to hit the New York stations as well as Philly.

If you want the best chance of getting the most possible NYC stations, you either need a rotor to point an all band antenna at Philly or NYC, or you need two completely separate antenna systems; one pointed at Philly and one pointed at NYC.

If you look at the pending channels for NYC, there is a new station on VHF Low RF3, so for NYC an all band antenna would be advisable. Many of the NYC stations have co channel or adjacent channel interference flags. In cases of co or adj. channel interference, an antenna with a narrow beam width gives the best chance of receiving the desired stations. The antenna craft HD1800 and 1850 have similar specs for VHF-low and UHF. There are no problem stations from the NYC direction requiring the 1850’s higher VHF-high gain.

If I lived where you live, I would have two antennas on my roof. I would follow teleview’s suggestion for the philly stations. I would have an antenna craft HD1800 pointed at NYC (30 degrees magnetic) with a 10G201 preamplifier.

Two all band antennas on the same mount would be a very large wind load, and they would want a minimum of 8’ vertically between them to keep them from interacting. If I had two large antennas on my roof, I would have a tripod and mast for each. I would separate the mounts by at least 20’ to keep the two antenna systems from interacting with each other.

[Watavue]

Thank you for your recommendation! I think I will start with the hd1800 pointed at NYC being that my family and I watch mostly NY stations, then add the hd1200 pointed at Philly sometime down the road. I will also add a skywalker 8 way splitter to split the signal between 5 tv's. A buddy of mine has an RCATVPRAMP1R preamp that he says he'll give me so I'll give that preamp a shot for now. I'll post back with my results once I have everything setup!

Thanks again!