Antenna

[03Chrisandjenny]

Hi. I live in Lakeland, FL and am interested in an antenna for my home: I have 3 tv's that have to be connected (possibly a 4th). I live in central Florida in the 33803 zip code. My tv's are all greater than 3 years old, none are HD or high end models. I will have to get an HD converter box. We are truly planning on buying one converter box and then connecting only one tv to see if we get enough channels, more than 2 or 3 channels, and then getting rid of cable. Any info would be helpful.

[tigerbangs]

You are not in bad shape at all: the Tampa-St. Pete stations are less than 25 miles away from you, and a simple VHF-high-band + UHF antenna mounted on the roof and pointed at 235 degrees will get you all of your major networks. If you plan to run multiple TV sets from the one antenna, use a high-input preamplifier like a Winegard HDP-269, which will cover the losses imposed by splitting the signal and the cable line losses. Is your house already wired for cable TV? if the wires are already run where you need them to be, your job is even easier. I would use a Winegard HD-7694P antenna for this application.

http://www.winegard.com
http://www.pctinternational.com/channel ... lation.pdf