Greetings Carmine,
I examined your location and the stations available to you! If you purchase any type of compact antenna such as the EZ-dish or even any we sell I think you will be disappointed. You live in a difficult reception area that will need a high gain (long range) antenna system to provide satisfactory reception. According to the information provided to me the terrain in your area is poor for TV reception.
Calais offers 3 channels PBS, NBC, and CBS at a distance of nearly 40 miles.
Bangor offers ABC, NBC, TBN, CBS, at varying distances the furthest being 74 miles.
Portland doesn't even show as a possibility at your location.
Here's what I see, you can get PBS, NBC, and CBS from Calais. The only thing Bangor offers that you don't already get from Calais is ABC. The ABC transmitting tower from Bangor is about 56 miles from your location. Considering your terrain, I recommend the
Winegard HD 7082P VHF/UHF/HD-digital antenna along with the
AP 8700 antenna preamplifier and an
antenna rotor. If you didn't care to receive the ABC and other channels from Bangor I recommend a
Winegard HD 7080P TV antenna pointed at approximately 40 degrees to Calais, along with the AP 8700 preamplifier. An antenna rotor would not be necessary with this application since all of the channels from Calais are in the same direction.
I did check out the EZ dish antenna. It uses diplexing to combine the satellite signal and the antenna signal to the same coax cable lead-in wire. Because of the signal loss created by the use of diplexer's, I never recommend this method unless it is absolutely necessary. Also it only works with single eye dishes and must be mounted at or near the dish, and dishes are not usually installed at a location that is best suited for over the air TV reception.
>
If I can assist you further please don't hesitate to contact me.
Best Regards,
Denny
