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Old 21-Sep-2012, 2:13 PM   #2
elmo
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Don,

I did what you are considering and I haven't looked back. My advice is to take is slow. Don't immediately jump into an amp assuming it'll work for you. Try w/o first and see how it goes. When/if the signals start to drop, then you should look into boosting the strength. Boosting where you don't need it can cause issues that you wouldn't have otherwise.

I'm not a guru, but I think you're on the right track to point it north, but shooting from the south side of the home might be tricky if the view isn't clear. Clear sky is the best and buildings and trees can cause issues. The higher the antenna, the better. An antenna that's not too directional might do a good job of pulling in from those groups of channels, pointed NNW. I don't have a lot of antenna experience - maybe have tried out 8 or so. I like the little ANT-751, but I'd see what some others here would say. I have successfully installed that before where it could pick up a local UHF station off the backside that was about 15 miles out, while pointed 180 degrees from there at the majority of the towers.
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