Two signals - One Antenna ?

[philco]

Hello, I just joined the forum and it looks like a lot of good advice here.
My Zip is 82801 Wyoming. I have a Sharp Aquos LCD TV. According to Antenna web I have two signals I want to receive. One is at 164 deg. the other is 204 deg.. So that is 40 deg spread.
I'd rather not fiddle with a rotator. My thought is 1. - two antennas with a coupler. The two antennas oriented to the two respective sigs. 2 - an omnidirectional antenna.
What is the best option ?
Thank you..

[tigerbangs]

I am seeing a very different picture of yor TV when I research it: you will have 2 digital stations: KSGW-DT on channel 13 (after Feb 17), and KSWY on channel 7 digital. Additionally, you have some lower-powered translator stations that are going to remain analog for a while. The one station that doesn't line up for you is K26BE, a PBS translator station from Gillette, that would be very weak at your location under the BEST or circumstances. Otherwise, all of your POST Feb 17 stations lie in one direction about 29 miles from you I will post your TVfool.com findings as an attachment. If you don't want a rotator, you shouldn't need one.

I would use a large all-channel fringe area antenna plus a preamplifier like a Winegard HDP-269 high-input preamp and all new RG-6u coaxial cable mounted as high on your roof or tower as you can get. Look at the Winegard HD8200u, the Channel Master Crossfire 3671 or the Wade-Delhi VU-936SR. You'll need the gain and directivity that they offer to pick up the weak analog translator stations. The combination of the antenna and preamplifier I suggested will allow you to power up to 4 TV sets when you use a good quality splitter mounted after the preamplifier power supply.

NBC and ABC will leave the analog airways after Feb 17, so if you haven't gotten either a digital converter or a digital TV, you need to do that before you lose them altogether. The analog translators will remain analog for the foreseeable future, however, the will eventually go to digital as well. If you haven't already bought digital-to-analog converters for your TV sets by now, look for converters that have analog pass-though so you can continue to watch those analog stations.

[philco]

Tiger, Thank you very much for the reply. That is exactly the info I was looking for !!
I do appreciate it. A person can get bogged down in all the supposed " good advice " from manufacturers and retailers. We have always been on cable and dish and I want to go just the antenna route. We have 60 channels and only watch a dozen at most. I can now zero in on what we need..