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Rabbit73 --
Thanks. You've given me some hope and a lot to consider. I'll follow your suggestions, first trying for signals with the Winegard HD7698P. If that shows success with VHF channels 7 & 12, I will dive in more.
A question on the practicalities of aiming the antenna:
As a first pass trial of reception, I would plan to aim the antenna from my roof (single story house). How specific is my goal in the degree aiming... +/- 5-10 degrees?
From my roof top, I may have a "line of sight" to the 255 degree hill top, but trees may interfere. A taller mast could probably overcome the trees but that would come with a more committed approach if I can get some positive results off the roof top.
I can ground the coax easily in the hub for my house AV / ethernet wiring. Currently my cable coax is grounded coming in and all TV coax shares that ground. The wiring hub has a ground also that I can use for the antenna coax. If I end up with a mast, I can ground that also.
If this sparks some more ideas, thanks ---
Richard
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