[mike0530]

Thank you 'teleview' for the thorough and detailed info. Very interesting. Your info about the repeater for KRMA was especially helpful.

To make the OTA approach worth it, I'd need to be able to get not just PBS (KRMA not the other PBS one) but also ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox. That means both UHF and VHS antennas. All of these stations are at bearing 163 mag, though KRMA also offers the repeater you found at a different bearing, 120 mag.

Anyway, I am concluding I would do things as follows:
1. Buy both UHF and VHF antennas and aim them at 163 magnetic.
2. If I don't at least get ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox OK, stop and give up on OTA.
3. If I get these OK and also KRMA, I can go the OTA route, cancelling cable. This is SUCCESS!
4. If I get the other stations at 163 mag but not KRMA, try pointing the UHF at the repeater at 120 mag. If that works, I know I can get the signals I need, so have the potential for success.

Is that correct thinking?

If I need to point at 120 for only the one station, what is the best way to do that? Do I need 2 UHF antennas? How to couple? I fear an antenna rotator would defeat DVR usage, since I wouldn't know how to have a DVR tell the rotator where to point.

Finally, you caution about trees. Well (naturally, another complication) there are neighborhood trees on those bearings. Should I wait till summer when the leaves are on the trees to try all this out?

Thank you so much! You guys are great.

--Mike