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My question is: Would I benefit from a preamp and rotator? If so, do you have any recommendations with a Winegard Platinum HD8200U?
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You do need a preamp, with those weak signals and the long coax run. The Channel Master 7777 has a lot of gain but is only for weak signal areas like yours because it is easily overloaded. The 7778 has a little less gain but is more resistant to overload. Both have an FM filter which should be IN because you have a strong local FM signal (WRKI) in the NW direction.
I answered your question about a rotator in post #2 that the CM9521A is popular, but a light duty rotator. Unless you are happy with one direction, you will probably be rotating your antenna a lot because your signals are in many directions, so a heavy duty ham rotator, like a Hy-Gain or Yaesu, would last longer.
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q...ntenna+rotator
http://www.hy-gain.com/Categories.php?sub=0&ref=64
http://www.dxengineering.com/search/section/rotators
When you use a rotator, your TV should be able to add a channel after scan like a Sony, otherwise you will need to rescan after every direction change.
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Also, In looking at the "rabbit ears" report you posted, should I be trying to target the New York or Hartford stations?
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First you look at the rabbitears list to see what is listed and then you look at your tvfool report to see what are the strongest signals.
You are going to need to experiment because the tvfool report is known to be less accurate with 2Edge signals.