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I have what I think is a VHF/FM antenna, based on my google image search of similar looking antennas. It is about 8ft long or so and arrow shaped. All the rods are in the horizontal plane, so I don't think there is any UHF on it. It is a roof mount about 25 feet above ground. I've got the 300/75 converter at the antenna and RG-6 directly to our one TV, which is a LG 50" plasma from about 2008. No splitters, no amps.
I basically have two options. I can point West (262 deg) towards Kenai, or Northeast (35 deg) towards Anchorage. Kenai is much closer and has a stronger signal so I tried that first but got puzzling results.
All stations are broadcast from the same tower. However, I can only get two stations, K03FW and K09QH when I point at 262. I tried tweaking it a little each way, but with no change. All the stations from that direction are VHF, so I should be able to pick them all up with my antenna. Any idea why I can only get two stations when there are 6 stations all broadcasting from the same location 12.5 miles away? Could it be a tuner issue? Could it be that a couple of the rods on the antenna are a bit out of whack? There are a couple that are slightly bent, but I put them back to about where they should have been.
So, I decided I'd try pointing at 35 deg toward Anchorage. There I can get all the VHF stations just fine at a distance of over 65 miles. I don't get any of the UHF stations, which is another reason I think my antenna is VHF/FM. The only extra stations available from the Anchorage area on UHF are FamilyNet and Ion, which I don't really care about too much, so it makes no difference to me if I point towards Kenai or Anchorage. I just want to get the 4 networks, PBS, and MyNetworkTv, which are broadcast from both directions. I'm thinking Kenai is the better direction though since KTBY and KTVA might be tough to get even with a good UHF antenna due to weak signal.
So, either I need to figure out why I can't get the rest of the Kenai channels, or I need to add a UHF antenna and point towards Anchorage.
Any ideas on what my best options are?
Thanks!