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The 91xg is a fantastic antenna compared to the Channel master 2020. I'm so close to WMUR and the New Hampshire PBS stations that even though they are vhf stations, I still get them on the 91xg which is a uhf antenna. FOX, NBC and WSBK from Boston are "flickering" all day. I believe that I am so close! I can only hope that with fall and winter, the signal will get better. Last winter, when I installed the 2020, I was able to get Fox and NBC but not consistently, and not for very long. I'm hoping now, as leaves fall, my viewing gets better.
I cannot move my antenna, because that is the only clear path to Boston. There are trees that block the view any other way. I would like to raise my antenna higher, but I don't think I can justify this to the wife as we just purchased the mast and don't want to fight that battle.
I use a vizio tv in both the living room and bedroom. Very disappointed with the tuners and features in those TV's. My big tv doesn't even have a signal meter. Guess they just expect people to use cable. Just for giggles, I used one of the apex digital converter boxes that the government gave every household for the switchover to digital. And just like one would believe, it is horrible. Didn't pick up half the channels that either vizio could acquire.
I've been reading a lot online and the only thing next for me I believe, is to horizontally "stack" or "gang" in groups of two. The reason for this is also financial, I don't think I could justify to the wife going in a different direction, say like a db8 or something. I picked the 91xg, so that is the antenna that I have to go with. But what an antenna! I've been dropping hints that that might be the direction we have to go.
All in all, I'm very psyched with the switch from cable. I am an AM dx'er. and enjoy "searching the signals". Shout out to the Panasonic rf 2200. Now I can just add the UHF band.
I have been receiving signals straight through to Providence, RI., when I rescan in the early morning. That's over 70 miles away. One of these days, I'm going to point towards the Maine stations about 60 miles away to see what I get.
Here's what I believe to be my next step. I'm going to research how to horizontally combine two 91xg's and hope that Santa brings me one for Christmas, along with the necessary equipment to combine them, then tie them together in the spring. That, along with the rotator I want, will be fun. So that by this time next year, I will consistently get those pesky channels.
Be safe and be well and happy tv.
Joe
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