Central Valley hook up help

[duklab]

Hi There- I have paralysis by analysis in quest for OTA reception from the CA central valley. Glad to have found this forum as I can't decide between directional and multi, pre-amp, low noise, high or low VHF, etc. as to what is the best set up. I plan to do a rooftop installation with an 8 foot mast.

Here is my search result;

http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...60b536d8880a9c

Any comments and suggestions would be much appreciated as I cancelled Comcast 2 weeks ago and I'm now off work for a couple weeks
....really don't want to re-subscribe to cable. THANKS!

[John Candle]

How many tv's will be connected??

[duklab]

Just one HDTV bought last Nov. Should be about 25 feet of cable at the most.

Thanks you.

[John Candle]

Ok I recommend a Channel Master CM3016 antenna , no preamp needed , mounted on a CM9521A rotor. The largest group of Network stations all in one place is at about 311 degree magnetic compass. The other large group of Network stations is at about 85 and 101 degree magnetic compass. Here is how to aim antennas , http://www.kyes.com/antenna/pointing/pointing.html , Here are places to buy antennas and etc. , http://forum.tvfool.com/solidsignal.com , http://www.amazon.com , http://www.starkelectronic.com , http://www.3starinc.com , http://www.channelmasterstore.com

[John Candle]

The tv stations/channels can be looked up by googling the the stations call signs like this , kcso tv , . I found that kcso has this digital channel and digital sub channel. http://telemundo.com and http://www.metvnetwork.com

[John Candle]

Read and understand about , REAL Digital Tv Channels , Virtual Digital Tv Channels , Analog Digital Tv Channels , http://forum.tvfool.com/showthread.php?t=695

[John Candle]

Here are some tv guides , http://www.zap2it.com , http://television.aol.com , http://tv.yahoo.com , http://tv.entertainment.excite.com , http://www.tvzap.com , http://www.titantv.com. Most tv guides list the channels as the virtual channels.