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Wow ... Thanks everyone. Predictably - when I saw this Forum I said "Damn, I wish I'd seen this before I dove into this overhaul project". I've glanced at the Winegard HD 7694 on-line from your suggestions in the 12 April replys and will research the Antennacraft, Channelmaster, HBU-22 options as well. I don't know that I need to pick up DC stations as; the networks offer primarily the same content other then local news. I also see now that the Baltimore channels 11 & 13 are VHF while the other channels 45, 54 & 2 are UHF.
You guys say, scrap the LAVA - "piece of @#!%$" antenna even though it has the rotor? Winegard offers a Winegard MS2000 Metrostar Omnidirectional Amplified TV Antenna that appears to address the two transmission source challenge, with out needing a rotor and picks up VHF/UHF; ... or are the antenna choices mentioned above and in the original post, more appropriate or suited to the closer & smaller directional range 4 degree heading "slice" when pointing toward the Baltimore transmission sources, that I should just eliminate multi-direction or the rotor altogether?
I assume the big fat BWI International airport directly between my location and the Baltimore transmission source is just something I have to live with and no amount of "additional quality" in the antenna components will solve ghosting during peak activity times at the runways?
Further, if I understand your collective comments correctly, the Baltimore transmission sources are close enough that I don't need a pre-amp ? ... because the amplified signal is amplifying the "noise" from the airport and the signal is already strong enough for those primary channels I want if dialed in that direction? Please comment.
Thanks again ...
Joe