what antenna to buy

[tbone209]

i live at 29340 i would like to know what antenna would be best for me to use outside on roof.
all i want to pickup is hd. i have a hd tv with built in tuner. i have 2 tv sets. i built a homemade antenna with pre amp and it will pickup all the networks if i move it around. i would like to know if i need a rotor or if i can use a directianal antenna. i'm not looking for the cheapest i'm looking for the best picture. the last antenna i bought was in 1981. i have had cable and am tired of paying a high bill when all i watch is local networks. thanks for your help

[tigerbangs]

You will have 2 or 3 VHF digital stations available to you after Feb 17, 2009, so I suggest a separate VHF-high-band yagi plus a deep-fringe UHF antenna mounted on a rotator. Use a Winegard YA-1713 high-band VHF antenna plus an AntennasDirect XG-91 UHF antenna mounted on top of a Channel Master 9521a rotator. Use a Channel Master Titan 7777 preamplifier to join the two antennas together, and mount the antenna array as high on your roof as you can muster: you should see several cities with that array, so be sure that you can program your tuner with channel information from multiple cities. Use a high-quality 2-way 1 ghz or better splitter to divide the signal to your two TV sets AFTER the power supply of the preamplifier.

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

[tbone209]

thanks

[tbone209]

any more suggestions?
thanks

[tbone209]

will i be able to run my antenna cable from my preamplifier into my outside cable spliter since it will not be in use and runs to both tv's? thanks

[tigerbangs]

Yes, no problem...

[tbone209]

would it be as good if i bought a VHF/UHF all in one antenna. i've been looking at a HD8200u.
i could still use the Channel Master Titan 7777 preamplifier and Channel Master 9521a rotator.
does anyone have any other suggestions?
thanks

[tigerbangs]

You don't need a Winegard HD-8200U: it is huge and has low-band coverage that you don't need, plus it is much weaker on UHF than the system that I described to you....

[gracie]

We live at 85346--any advise as to what antenna will work?

[tigerbangs]

You are way up in the mountains, and a zip code won't give me the information that you need: can you give me your coordinates?