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Originally Posted by swmich42
Considering the Wineguard HD7696P, DB2 or DB4
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The HD7696P is your better bet because you have one local VHF station (WJBK, ch 7). The DB2 and DB4 are good UHF antennas, but they do not work well for VHF.
If you want to get the more distant VHF stations like WTOL and WTVG, you will probably need to go with the bigger version of the antenna (HD7697P or HD7698P) and have it mounted on your roof. Your local stations are too strong for any amps to handle, so you will need to rely on the gain in the antenna itself to get you the signal you need from the more distant stations.
If the distant stations don't matter to you, then the smaller antenna sizes will do.
WFUM is located in a different direction than most of the other transmitters. If your antenna is pointed at the main cluster of transmitters to the south-west, WFUM might be too far off-axis to be picked up well (the antenna beam widths are between 30 and 60 degrees depending on gain, higher gain = tighter beam width). You might get lucky with it sneaking into the "side" of the antenna, but then again, it might not. If you really want to ensure solid reception on that channel, you will probably need an antenna rotator.