[markieb]

GroundUrMast Thanks again for your reply and suggestions. I have made the decision to get a Winegard HD7697P.

Reasons being: HD7694P - I'm leery it would not have the range to get the stations to the NW 57 miles away, although I did like the price and the size!!

The HD7696P was too hard to find for sale and a bit pricey at the few places that had them.

The HD7698 was just TOO BIG with a 168" mast.

So the HD7697P at 131" mast is what I'll settle for, and cheaper than the 7698.

My concern is that the look angle will be wide enough so I can aim around 340 degrees and get Most of the stations to the NW that are in the yellow and still get the stations to the SE that bear 130 degrees (that will be about 30 offset from the centerline). Hopefully the SE stations are strong enough and the front to back loss is not too great that I get all the SW stations that are in the green.

I also will take your recommendation and get the HDP-269 Pre-amp and Ideal 85-133 3 way splitter. Anything else you can think of? Give me a shout back please to let me know if all this sounds like it will work, then I'll place my order.

Thanks again for all you help and advise. I'll also report back in a week or so when everything comes in and gets setup and give the results of my labors.