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Originally Posted by wizwor
Frequency, gain, and beam width are the key characteristics of an antenna. Generally, antennas respond to UHF, VHF-HIGH, or VHF-LOW. All-in-one antennas are generally combinations of these. Given the narrow beam in which all your broadcasters reside, the fact that most are LOS (Line of sight), and the relative power of the signal coming in, you probably do not need to worry about gain all that much. I would try to make things work without any amplifier with a better antenna.
You really want to google each call sign in your list, check the wiki for sub-channels, and check titantv.com for programming. Make a list of the channels you want to receive. Group your list by frequency band (2-6, 7-13, 14+). Chances are Rabbit's suggested antenna will do just fine.
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That would be the virtual channels 8.1, 10.1, 13,1, and 28.1 (NBC, CBS, FOX, and ABC respectively). Looking the "real" channel numbers up for those, it looks like 7, 10, 12, and 29 respectively. So, looks like 3 in the 7-13 range, and 1 in 14+. Which makes it 3 in VHF-HI, 1 in UHF, I think (learning this as I go along).
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Originally Posted by wizwor
That should be fine as long as the antenna is not too close to the roof. That roof is ceramic not metal, right?
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Correct - ceramic titles (all houses in our neighborhood are required to have ceramic titles only, I know metal roofs would be problematic).