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Good advice. I think I would start out with single HBU-44 pointed south east. Not worried about the low channel. The only one I was concerned about was CBS and now I know that is really on 8. Also I know to keep internet off the splitters and cables. I probalby wouldn't have mixed those anyway. Cable/internet comes in the opposite end of the house.
I would use a gable mount such as the CM9030 Adjustable Eave Mount on a 10-15' mast. I already had one of these in this location years ago but because of cable I removed it and brought it to my cabin and installed. It was a two VHF set-up older style. Works good at the cabin but I don't get one channel NBC that I should because it does not have the UHF set-up. But hey it was free and I can switch out to a different antenna later if it bothers me enough.
Now I just need to weigh my options. My cable and internet promos are over and just jumped to $130 or higher a month. So I am thinking of switching back to Charter to get the high speed 30 MBPS internet. This is important for me because we have an at home online business. However it is $40 per month. Still a lot cheaper than the $130 or more I pay now to have both TV and internet. I can add Charter select TV which is 125 channels with a lot of those in HD. It would bring the total to $104 per month with the hd box for both tv's.
Or I could buy the antenna mount and needed supplies for around $150 and then add netflix, hulu or amazon prime for around $8 per month. My monthly expenditures would be around $48 per month for internet, local channels and internet tv service. So really only $52 month cost difference to not have the antenna and stick with cable but there would be a $30 installation charge every year when i would have to switch because my rates go up. What to do?
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