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Old 9-Nov-2010, 4:31 PM   #5
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Thanks for the update,

If this is your antenna (http://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp...sku=9211411100), then I suspect that you may need to consider a different antenna.

Frankly, I am very skeptical of the HD2605 claim of "Range: Up to 125 miles*". If that antenna were mounted on top of a high mountain and had a clear line of site over flat desert terrain with no vegetation.... well maybe it could achieve that claimed range.

If you look at this antenna (http://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp...0Antennas&sku=), you see almost double the number of elements (which is what directs and gathers the signal and yet the claimed range is a far more realistic "Up to 35 miles...".

Your report shows nearly all stations are fairly distant and 'over the edge'. You need a high performance antenna system to provide reliable reception.

I would choose a very high gain / highly directional antenna combination like this:

http://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp...u=853748001910

http://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp...u=615798304867

I would mount those on a rotor with at least 4' of distance between the antennas, and combine them using a UHF/VHF amplifier like the CM7777 (http://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp...ku=02057207774)

The goal is to receive a clean stable signal before any amplifier is used. Amplifiers increase the level of both desired signals and noise. A weak, noisy, distorted signal is never fixed by an amplifier.
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