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First, thank you for the input!
I considered the big directionals at first, specifically because of the hills between us and Sutro tower, as well as my interest in trying to pull Sacramento in by swinging it around on a rotator. Seeing some of the specs on the bigger multi-directionals got me thinking that I could point one toward S.F. with the hope that it could pull in San Jose out of the corner of its eye fairly well without a rotator, as the report looked good from that direction.
When I was a kid, we had a rotator to get Boston and Providence (60 degrees apart from our house at the time), so I thought it would be pretty straight forward. The problems you pointed out with scanning channels and using rotators is a very good point. (I think my wife would laugh at me going through that process every time - like she did when the Roomba [my idea] would lock itself in the pantry when doing a pass downstairs [we don't have the Roomba anymore]). Going to OTA DTV is my idea too.
Our current home does not have enough real estate to set-up many antennas, so I wanted to try and maximize the space available.
Leaving the FM antenna system separate is easy enough. I just thought I could get away for using it on the VHF channels, but I guess not.
I'll be reconsidering my shopping list now. Thanks and I'll keep you posted.
chrx
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