Around or over the mountains in Colorado

[gsellers]

Hello! I've learned a lot just reading others posts, problems and solutions!

In Evergreen, Colorado - have one hill between my house and the Denver Lookout Mountain towers where the channels I want are located. Channels 2, 4, 7 and 9, 31 - the major networks. Tower is 11.1 miles per the report.

TvFool report - http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...b97dfcf930a984

If I point straight at the tower, I do pickup channel 2.1 ok, PBS 12 off the back and nothing else. But just for the heck of it, pointed more north where I have a clear line of sight for a long ways and I pickup 5.1 (CBS and NBC) and 22.1 KDVR (Fox) - 5.1 is from Cheyenne, WY 105 miles away per report, yet comes in great!?!

Antenna RCA - http://www.walmart.com/ip/RCA-Outdoo...nd-HDTV/872034

With RCA preamp - http://www.walmart.com/ip/RCA-Antenn...ifier/14554631

50' of coax to a Viewtv box - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GGVPKKC?

Just wondering if I have any hope of getting Denver locals with this setup? Networks from Cheyenne are fine, but miss the local news/weather.

Thanks!

[gsellers]

Trying a different antenna, added to a new mast above the other.

Dual Quad Bay Outdoor HDTV/DTV/UHF Bowtie
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DHHMOUW

Seems to have less drop outs on the channel 2, but still no other Denver locals.
Didn't play with it too much yet, still snow on the shady side...

Should I put a combiner up there and hook them together?

Here's a pic of my view to the tower


And the antennas


Thanks!

[Tower Guy]

I'd try aiming the two panels of the UHF antenna in the same direction and try for Denver again. Yes, the VHF section of the 3036 can be combined to the separate UHF antenna.

[rabbit73]

Should I put a combiner up there and hook them together?

The RCA antenna connects to the VHF input of the RCA TVPRAMP1R preamp and the MCM Stellar Labs UHF panel antenna connects to the UHF input of the preamp. The preamp switch should be set to separate.
http://voxrightnow.custhelp.com/app/...-pre-amplifier

Sometimes the combined/separate switch of the RCA preamp doesn't make good contact with the VHF antenna. If that happens to your preamp, use a UVSJ to combine the VHF and UHF antennas. The RCA VHF antenna would connect to the VHF port of the UVSJ and the UHF panel antenna would connect to the UHF port of the UVSJ. Connect the output common port of the UVSJ to the UHF/COMBINED INPUT of the preamp, and set the combined/separate switch to combined.

Do not use a splitter in reverse as a combiner.