Hi folks,
I'm making the switch from cable to OTA. In fact, already disconnected cable and using a small indoor antenna temporarily.
I'm in Oakton, VA, which is about 15 miles west of 'TV hill' in DC. I've been hanging a small 10"x10" RCA flat square antenna out the 2nd story window facing east and able to pick up 1/2 a dozen channels (ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, plus a few others). Quality is great when I get signal, terrible (e.g. artifacts/pixelization) when it's raining or other foul weather.
I'd like to have professionally mounted a good or great antenna so I can get the 'key-4' channels all the time and any others are a bonus. The challenge I'm struggling with is which antenna to buy.
I had been looking at the Channel Master 4228HD and the Winegard HD-8800. The confusion I'm getting is if either of these will actually allow me to pick up ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX given that the antennae are UHF only. If I read the signal analysis results correctly, it seems I WON'T be able to get the DC-based ABC and CBS station using these two antennae. Is that true?
Here's the link to my signal analysis results.
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...5ed6b10582bee0
So, all that said, if the two above won't allow me to get the 'key-4' channels, what antenna recommendations do folks have for where I live? I would suspect at 15 miles, I won't need preamplifier.
A few key facts and desires:
- I live in the woods, 60' trees are everywhere (they named it Oakton for a reason)
- I'd prefer an antenna that is lease vurnable as possible to damage (again, living in the woods, any storm will thrown branches and twigs everywhere).
- Ideally something of quality that isn't going to break or rust in a year.
Gregg