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Old 4-Sep-2014, 8:22 PM   #2
stvcmty
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If all you want are the station on 113, then all you need is a UHF antenna. If you want to put it in the attic and nothing anyone says will sway that you will need all the gain you can get and you have room for a 8 bay antenna so that points to an Antennas Direct DB8e or a Channel Master 4228. The 4228 may have a better chance of getting WNAC and WPRI from 159 which are VHF stations; since you have a Fox and CBS in your 113 group on UHF and you did not specify wanting the 159 stations, if a 4228 got them, they would be a bonus.

Attics are not good places to put antennas for reception. If it works great but the results are not predictable and it may take hours of trial and error to find a “sweet spot”.

Try the antenna without an amp. If needed an amplifier tolerant to high signal levels could be added such as the RCA TVPRAMP1R or the Antenna Craft 10G201.

If the antenna will go on the roof, a lower gain antenna could be used, but all the stations you want are on the same heading, so the extra gain of an 8 bay antenna would not hurt. Same as with the attic case, a high signal tolerant preamp could be added if needed.

Last edited by stvcmty; 5-Sep-2014 at 3:23 AM. Reason: clarity
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