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Old 16-Jan-2012, 3:41 PM   #1
bennor
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Help with antenna selection - New Haven, CT

Looking for suggestions on antennas to improve reception. This TV Fool report shows that most major broadcast channels (CBS, NBC, and Fox) are in the red. My problem is I cannot at this time, due to living location, mount an antenna outdoor or on the roof. And I have a large hill (called West Rock) about a half mile away almost directly in line with the Hartford station antenna locations.

Currently using an indoor Terk HDTVa antenna (pointed to about 20 degrees magnetic per a compass) and can only receive the following channels with a Zenith DTT900. Some of these stations tend to drop in and out from time to time as well.
8.1 WTNH-DT (ABC)
8.2 (No Signal)
43.1 WSAH-DT (Independent)
43.2 WSAH-2 (RTV)
55.1 WLNY TV
59.1 WCTX-DT (MyNetworkTV)
59.2 Cool TV
61.1 WEDY-1 (PBS)
61.2 WEDY-2
61.3 WEDY-3
61.4 WEDY-4

Looking for suggestions on antennas (if any) to improve reception. Elsewhere suggestions have been to try using an Antennas Direct DB8 antenna + Winegard ANWI8700 amplifier or using an Channel Master 4228HD antenna + Channel Master CM7777 amplifier. Would either of these antennas/amplifiers (or others antenna/amplifier models) help in bringing in the more distant channels indicated in the above TV Fool link report?
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