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They asked for a couple of channels for news and weather and were given an option that met their clearly stated needs, not your opinion of what they should have.

A refurbished DB8 is about $65 delivered from Solid Signal (a new one is less than $80 shipped), either of the 7-69 antennas you recommended is about $100 shipped from Solid Signal. Both of the 7-69 antennas are 9 1/2 to 10' feet long vs the 8-bay bowtie at less than 3' tall by 4' wide by 5 inches deep. Once the channel 18 translator gets built, the bulky back half of the 7-69 antenna is obsolete except as a bird perch.

We'll let the original poster decide which route to take based on their desire whether to include WESH now vs later.