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Old 29-Dec-2009, 4:22 PM   #2
mtownsend
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Originally Posted by shipfaced View Post
The house has a metal roof so it will be outside on a mast. Height of roof is 21ft.
With a metal roof, make sure the antenna is well above the roof (at least ~5 feet) so as not to be overly influenced by the roof itself.

It looks like a few of the West Palm Beach channels are your strongest channels to the south. Unfortunately, the rest of the WPB stations are broadcasting from a different location and will be much harder to receive.

Your better bet might be to go for the Orlando stations to the north-west. WESH (NBC) is on channel 11, so you'll need a VHF-capable antenna. A channel 7-69 type antenna (like the Winegard 7698P or Antennacraft HBU-55) would be a good fit. Pointed at a 333 degree compass heading, it should get most of the channels in the "pink" section of your tvfool report.

You'll need one of these "larger" antennas to make sure you get reliable reception from stations so far away. I would just be a little concerned about how you would secure the antenna in case of hurricane weather.
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