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....fairly well surrounded by pine trees located about 100' away.
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Yes, I see trees; attachment 1.
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would there be an antenna available ‘unidirectional’ enough to do without the added expense ($150++) of an Antenna rotator, yet ‘directional’ enough to pull in the marginal stations along those SSW or SSE directional lines ?
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You can get the major networks from SSW, 205 degrees magnetic.
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I don’t want to put a giant 16-foot monstrosity on my roof if I don’t have to and if good reception of the signals I CAN reach doesn’t call for it.
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The problem is with CBS, which is WRGB on real channel 6, a VHF-Low channel with long elements making the antenna wide. The next CBS down the list is a much weaker WRGB on UHF real channel 39 in a different direction.
There are 3 TV bands:
VHF-Low, real channels 2-6; longest elements making antenna very wide
VHF-High, real channels 7-13; medium length elements
UHF, real channels 14-51; short elements
The ratio between each band is 3:1 for the element lengths. If you used an antenna for VHF-High and UHF, it
might pick up WRGB on real channel 6, but we can't guarantee that, which is why we have suggested an all-channel antenna like the Winegard HD8200U with a preamp like the Channel Master 7778.
http://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp?p=hd8200u
You will need a long antenna to give you enough gain for the weak 2Edge signals at your location, even with a preamp helping.
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Also, given that low-VHF channel, would it be a good idea to install an FM filter trap ?
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That could be a problem for channel 6, which is right next to the FM band, but I don't see any strong FM signals based on your estimated location near the Capitol District Dso, 6305 NY-9N, Hadley, NY 12835 (or is it Lake Luzerne-Hadley, NY 12835). Some FM filters affect channel 6, some don't. See attachments 2 and 3.