Before investing any money in trying to get WRDE, invest a few moments of time and LOOK in the direction of that station. What do you see? In other words, what does the view, and consequently, the signal path, look like as seen from any potential antenna mounting location? Take and post a photo, if you can.
In general, if you have a nice, clear view out several hundred yards or more, reception should be feasible. The opposite condition, where you're staring point blank into a forest, a big tree, your neighbor's two-story house, or whatever, means very poor odds of reception success.
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for whatever reason nobody around here can seem to get 31.
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Either they don't know about it (WRDE only recently, '09 or so, became an NBC affiliate) or your neighbor's directional antennas are facing the wrong direction causing that signal to be rejected.
Just be aware that WRDE is only a 7100 watt transmitter on a 300' tower. Don't expect much of a coverage area, especially beyond 20 miles.