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Make sure you get your REPORT on here for your location. Something I have been trying to wrap my head around is the relationship between Virtual Channel designations and the Real Channel that they are on. This post might should go elsewhere with it's own Subject title ... but not every TV station is on UHF bands. In my area several of the stations that used to be on VHF channels got back on VHF in the final delivery of DTV OTA. That can make a difference if you only get a UHF antenna.
Radio signals (which TV signals are) like to be grabbed by an antenna of the same wavelength (or pretty close). So I would go with a good combination UHF and VHF antenna. Most of them seem to do the "Yagi Uda" yagi directional antenna thing. But with those you might need a rotator to point them at different stations.
Most of my big 3 (or 4?) stations out of Miami are along "County Line Road" just under 17 miles away. All 4 are pretty close together between 195 and 200 degrees compass bearing (2 on one tower, 2 on another) but they are 50/50 on VHF and UHF. All 4 probably strong enough here to pick up with a wet string and some coax cable. But other channels are from Palm Beach and they are along the direction 351 degrees compass north of me instead of south like the Miami stations are. ION TV is two channels one 27 miles and one 15 miles. I must be getting the closer one.
Hey this stuff is fun :-) :-)
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