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
