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Old 24-Feb-2012, 12:51 PM   #1
LOTL
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The Grand Plan needs help

Hi All,
Thought this would be a good place to start before embarking on my quest to abandon Comcast cable.
We live in a 3 story home that we hope to sell within the next 2-3 years (depending on where housing prices go).

We have the 3rd floor closed down and i was thinking of placing the antenna i get, up in which ever room provides the best reception.
I know an outdoor mount may be inevitable, so im open to that as well.

I was thinking of using the Coax that is already run to the 2 rooms for the Antenna feed back to my Homerun HDHR3-US tuner. I believe the coax is RG-59 and i suspect not of the greatest quality.
Is RG-6 preferred? Should i just run a new cable and if so any recommendations on cable. RG-6 seems to be the way to go, is shielding critical? Quad shield seems to be more a buzz word, is it necessary?

Heres my TV Fool report:
The Grand Plan report

I may have asked too my questions here, but my main one is what antenna you folks might recommend. I appreciate any input.
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