Spring chicken needs help in 48130

[boclair]

We used to use a TEK antenna wrapped around our old RCA DirecTV receiver that picked up great free channels. Now that DirecTV has switched their dishes, I would like to stop paying them $60+ a month and get over the air free SD and HD. Since I have never used a stand alone antenna, I'm at a loss for what is needed and would like to use the most appropriate one for my area. What is recommended? With the old TEK we could pick up Detroit, Lansing, Toledo, Ann Arbor, and others that I'm sure I'm missing. I need help on what type of antenna I should buy and the accessories.

[tigerbangs]

I believe that you were using a TERK antenna of some sort, like a Terk 42 or a Terk 44. If you want good reception from the cities that you mentioned, you should really consider a good conventional antenna on a rotator. Based on results gotten from your zip-code, I would suggest using a Winegard HD-7696P VHF-high-band + UHF antenna mounted on your roof along with a Channel Master 9521a rotator. I would also add a Winegard HDP-269 preamplifier, which will help you overcome line losses and pick up a few marginal channels.

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