Daughter has rental home with rabbit ears but no other antenna. She has about 50 ft. of coax run from old living room tube TV + digital converter to splitter under eaves. I want to install a (preferrably cheap!) fixed-position antenna on the existing mast at the end of the house and about 25 ft of coax to reach the splitter. I figure there's going to be some substantial degradation of the signal between splitter and TV. There are some thick pine trees in the shooting gallery too. Here's my TV fool plot:
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...cc4913e85b2f99
Really don't want to mess with a rotor or amplifier. Would like to get Chico market at 318-320 deg. mag. (she gets some now w/rabbit ears) and KNVN-DT 24 at 307 deg. mag. Wouldn't mind getting the more distant KRCR 7 (at 301 deg. mag.) too but not sure about getting a monster UHF/VHF antenna that costs more and might give me problems with a wet snowfall. So was thinking about the Winegard HD-9032, which is cheap and seems powerful enough for those stations (hmm... may be not so sturdy either in the snow?) but wouldn't give me 7.
Tech at Solid Signal recommends pricier Clearstream 4. The SS website indicates gain for high VHF on this antenna but not sure how much. Not sure about the reasons for this rec.
Any/all comments and advice greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.