Antenna/Reception advice requested
 

Looking to see if it's possible "cut the cord" from DirecTV. I live about 60 miles east of New York City, but unfortunately, in a valley. Ideally, we'd want to get the network stations. Given the following signal analysis, is there any hope for me?

http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...e6a426b019ab67

Thank you,

Jim

A quick glance says "Not much". A more in-depth analysis might change that a bit.

How motivated are you?

Pretty motivated, but I'm not sure that She Who Must Be Obeyed will agree to having enough aerials on the roof to pull in the ISS.

What would be the first steps?

You are actually West of NYC, not East. Are there any visible antennas
in your area??? If so, I'd knock on some doors to see what they receive.
Not only are you in a valley but the stations on VHF which you might be
more inclined to receive are used for both NYC and Wilkes-Barre /Scranton.
You might get some television with an good outside antenna system but
unlikely to consistently receive the major networks..........

Yes..west....that's what I get for thinking. Lol

Nothing but satellite dishes around here.

Might not mean anything, or maybe it does.

Looking at your plot reminded me of the phrase, "extreme measures". Which is what I think you are in for.

What are you thought on putting up a tall tower, like the ones ham radio people use?

If you are really, really determined to give it a try....
The VHF stations might just be the ticket for you.
WABC Rf 7, WPIX Rf 11, and WNET Rf 13 all broadcast
from the same location. You might try the MCM
Electronics Hi-VHF 30-2476 antenna at $35.00
You would need at least two people, one to walk your
roof with the antenna in hand and the other watching
a television equipped with signal strength meter.
Use no more than 50 feet of RG6 cable. With the antenna
aimed at NYC, the person walking the roof slowly moves
the antenna up/down and side to side looking for a
"sweet" spot for the channels. Should you be lucky
enough to find one, be sure to mark the location of the
antenna as in distance from the roof, spot above the roof
and aim in degrees. Your next experiment would be
to see if you can find WBRE NBC Scranton on Rf 11 and
WYOU CBS Scranton on Rf 13. You would again need
to walk the roof/monitor the television but the antenna
would be pointing towards Scranton and not NYC.
If you are lucky enough to get one or both stations, mark
the roof and measure the exact spot of the antenna.
It would require two different antennas with two
different mounts pointed in different directions.
Now if you were lucky enough to get one or more of the
NYC and one or more of the Scranton stations, I would
invest in a good preamp, like the Antenna's Direct Juice.
You would need one for each antenna. It would improve
your signal strength, hopefully enough, to make the
stations consistently receivable. Lots of time, patience
and mostly LUCK would be needed...... Difficult but not
impossible.....