New to TV Antennas

[pmac]

Hi, I am new to this forum. I bought a terk HDTVo antenna from amazon a few months ago in hopes to get rid of paying out money every month for something I dont watch a lot of. That being said, I hooked the qantenna up in my living room and got 5 channels and the picture was very, very good! I knew if it went on the roof, I'd get more. I bought a 50ft roll of coax and again, hooked it up in my living room, I was able to move the antenna to a different spot. I got 21 channels this time. I then put it in the atic, sat it on some boxes. This time I got 28 channels. Now the next step will be the roof. I have a chimmney strap mount I bought and a mast I got from radio shack., I live in Nashua, New Hampshire. Does anyone know if one antenna is better than the other for my area? Thanks for any advice. Pat

[tigerbangs]

Yes, the Boston channels, which are the local signals for Nashua, are all on UHF, and require a deep-fringe antenna: the terk HDTVo has very little gain of it's own, and relies on an amplifier to deliver most of it's signal.

[pmac]

So I would be better off getting a "Deep Fringe" Antenna that does not really rely on the power amp? And if I got an "Unpowered" antenna and put a signal booster on it, would it make it a really great antenna? Also, I see several antennas on the web, and thats how I found the Terk one I have. Whhat is the best smaller size deep fringe antenna that is available? I sort of did not want a overly huge atenna on the roof. Thanks for your reply back, like I said, I'm not real familiar with antennas but am learning. Thanks, Pat

[tigerbangs]

If Boston is what you are after, use an AntennasDirect XG-91 aimed at the Needham-Newton transmitters: if you want WMUR from Manchester, add a Winegard YA-6713 high-band VHF yagi plus a Pico-Macom UVSJ antenna joiner to combine the antennas. Aim the TA-6713 northwest at the WMUR transmitter if you are running more than 75' of coax cable., or running multiple TV sets, use a preamplifier like a Winegard HDP-269 high-input preamp