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Old 8-Apr-2013, 7:28 PM   #2
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When you click on the call sign of any station listed in your TV Fool report, you get to see a 'path profile'. This helps understand the terrain between the transmitter and your location. In your case, it appears you have flat terrain (no surprise in most of MN) so just a bit more mounting height may provide a significant improvement in signal conditions. Please post another report based on an antenna height of 25 or 30'.

Given the first TVFR, a simple single antenna solution would be a Winegard HD7694P pointed at about 40°. To feed more than one TV, you'll need a preamp and splitter. The Antennas Direct PA-18 is an option, though I would want to see the TVFR for the higher mounting location first. You may have enough signal power to run well with no amplifier. You may even find you have so much signal in the air, that an amplifier might be at risk of overloading.
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If the well is dry and you don't see rain on the horizon, you'll need to dig the hole deeper. (If the antenna can't get the job done, an amp won't fix it.)

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