antenna type for 29678

[RAULO34]

Hi. I'm looking for an antenna that will pull in the 55 digital channels that my Dish TV-40 converter box says I have service to that shows up on the program guide. There are two-003, two-006,and two-007 cahnnel designations. All of the others are higher. There is also a major transformer line about 120 feet from the house.Trees aren't a problem.I don't have an outdoor antenna because I wanted to get good advice from those that are in the know before I spent any money.I'm currently running two analog tv's with plans to add a hdtv soon to make 3 sets running in the house. Thanks in advance for your help.

[tigerbangs]

Based on a TVfool.com scan of your location, you should have about 12 actual channels of digital TV available to you, and the sub-channels that those stations provide. The stations that are available to you lie in almost a 90 degree arc from your location, making a rotator necessary when using a rooftop-mounted antenna system. After June 12, you will have 1 VHF station in your area, which is a PBS station; the other stations will all be UHF.

I suggest a VHF-high-band plus UHF antenna along with a rotator for your situation. Look at the Winegard HD-7696P, which is fairly compact and quite powerful. I would include a Channel Master 9521a rotator. Rin the coax cable to a central location inside your house, and mount a Winegard HDA-100 distribution amplifier there then add a 4 way high-quality 1 gHz or better splitter after the amplifier, Run the output of your splitter to the various locations in your house where you have televisions.

http://www,channelmaster.com
http://www.winegard.com
http://www.channelmasterintl.com/docume ... lation.pdf