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Old 10-Sep-2014, 2:55 PM   #2
stvcmty
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McInRantz,

Do you want WLMB-DT real CH5, virtual channel 40.1? Rabbitears says it is a religious station. http://www.rabbitears.info/market.ph...&callsign=wlmb

You said you want to use a rotor, so I would suggest you get the biggest antenna you can afford; sometimes you may get channels no model would predict you would get.

If you want to get WLMB, you need an all channel antenna. They are big, heavy, and have quite a wind/ice load. If you want WLMB, get either a winegard HD7084P or an antenna craft HD1800. An advantage an all channel antenna will have is it will work for FM. (It will also have the advantage that if any stations move to VHF low after the incentive/reverse auction/repack, you will be covered. VHF-low is not suited to digital TV, so I don’t think many full power stations will move there, but low power stations will probably get squeezed there after the repack). With a HD7084P or a HD1800 on a rotator you will be able to aim your antenna for any TV/FM station. Because you want to get FM, if you go with an all channel antenna, you want a high signal tolerant preamp that does not have an FM trap. Unless winegard had added an FM trap to the HDP 269 (limited quantity available from amazon), that would be my recommendation for an all channel antenna.

If you do not want WLMB-DT real CH5, I suggest a separate channel 7-69(51) antenna and FM antenna. I would say either a winegard HD7698P or an antenna craft HBU55 for TV, with a RCA TVPRAMP1R for TV (with the FM trap on), and an antenna craft FM6 with no preamp for FM. The HD7698P/HBU55 and the FM6 could be on the same mast above the rotor, but you may need a thrust bearing for the length of mast required to accommodate two antennas above the rotor.

If you want to go all out, put a dB8e or 91xg, Y10-7-13, and FM6 on a length of mast above a rotor with a thrust bearing, and if it is possible to get you will have the metal in the air to get it.

I hate to even say it, but the HD stacker may work in your situation. Its gain is probably similar to a HD7697P or HBU 55 and it has a few longer elements for FM reception. The only reason I mention it is because if you don’t want WLMB, you don’t want an all channel antenna, and you don’t want a separate TV and FM antenna, the stacker sort of fits the bill. I would recommend you consider a HD7084P or a HD1800 or a HD7698P+FM6 or a HBU55 + FM6 before considering the stacker, but the stacker may (I use "may" very loosely) fit your situation.

There is no way to link to a FM fool plot without attaching it as an image. So if you want us to see your FM fool plot, you need to generate it again, save it as an image, and attach it to a post.
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