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Old 7-Apr-2013, 10:53 PM   #8
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It sounds as if you're describing an omnidirectional antenna. If so it will have very little gain, often with no significant VHF capability. Omnidirectional antennas also can not ignore multipath interference the way a high gain directional antenna can.

Your TV Fool report does not appear to be based on your exact location, it also is based on the default antenna height of 10', but if it's representative of your situation, you'll want to consider using separate UHF and VHF antennas. The Antennas Direct 91XG or Winegard HD9095P would be good choices for UHF. An Antennacraft Y10713 or Winegard YA1713 would be the best options for going after real channels 7 through 13 (High-VHF).

It would help a great deal if you could use the interactive map tool to locate your exact location and then use an antenna mounting height that is more realistic. (You mentioned a 65' antenna mast.)

There may be significant changes to our recommendations depending on what a more accurate report shows.
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