Located at one of the southeastern-most points in British Columbia's Southern Gulf Islands, our home is within a couple of miles of the U.S. border. Our potential TV market includes Vancouver, Victoria, Whatcom/Skagit Counties in NW Washington, and the greater Seattle area.
Of course we'd like to capture as many stations as possible from all the surrounding markets, but in particular the Seattle stations, generally about 85 miles out to the southeast. For what it's worth, we received many Seattle stations in analog years ago, with a rotor-equipped mast antenna in the same general configuration as envisioned now, but with zero amplification. Some Seattle stations had compromised picture quality, but if I recall correctly, KCTS and KIRO were quite decent.
A few notes regarding the antenna environment: My listed height of 22' is above ground level. I'm not sure what Google Maps' elevation logic would be for my location (I used Google for the coordinates, since our address was not in the TVF database), since the mast would be barely set back from a bank leading to the beach. I'd add 15' to get an above sea level figure, which may have significance since most of my TV signals will be coming across open water. So it could be stated the antenna would be 37' above sea level. Also, the closest station (49 et al) has some tree LOS restrictions, and other nearby stations to the SW (21 et al) have a close-in terrain interruption to LOS. Otherwise, it's open water for about 15 miles. Then, terrain of the San Juan Islands lies between us and Seattle. The highest of that terrain hosts transmission towers for three stations 16 miles east, that simply blast our location with signal. However, the crow-flys path to Seattle passes over somewhat lower terrain, more to the east-southeast.
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I'm considering a top-end fringe antenna such as the Winegard HD8200U on a rotor. I assume amplification will be necessary, but I'm uncertain of the best choice in that regard. BTW, cable run from the mast head to TV would be about 35 feet. I'd appreciate opinions regarding the prospects for receiving Seattle stations, and specific equipment recommendations. Thanks!