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Downsville ?????

A friend of mine, Josh ____, recently purchased an antenna and equipment from you and recommended you as a source for what I need. I have about a 10 year old ChannelMaster antenna (double boom about 15' long) mounted inside my garage. We used it for several years receiving fair reception from Washington and Baltimore, I am near Downsville, MD, 6 miles S of Williamsport MD. We got basic cable when we got high speed internet service
becuase it was free and stopped using the antenna. We now have a HDTV and I would like to see if I can resurect the antenna. It works great for the HD on the public TV stations 31, 45, 25 but I don't pick up the Washington and Baltimore stations on HD. My question is whether moving it out of the garage would make a difference in the reception. The roof of the garage is OSB and with regular shingles on the outside and the plane of the antenna is
about 12' above the ground (it is a very high garage). The day I tried it, it was foggy and misty. My friend tells me his antenna works great and we are about 2 miles from each other with similar terrain. If mounting it outside will help I will need an eave mount and a rotor to
control the direction of the antenna. Any help you can provide would be
greatly appreciated.
Curtis

 
Greetings Berry,
Most of the channels you are receiving are from Hagerstown according to my information. The Washington and Baltimore transmitters are roughly 60 miles from your location. Washington is to the SSE and Baltimore is ESE from your location. Without viewing your antenna I would suspect it may not be pointed in the direction to effectively receive those channels.
In my opinion mounting it outside and being able to rotate the antenna would make all the difference in the world. If you don't already have a preamplifier you may want to consider installing a Winegard AP 8700 antenna preamplifier during the installation process. Channel Master antennas of that age are good antennas, I wouldn't think any change is needed there. Our best rotor is the remote controlled Channel Master 9521 antenna rotor.
If I can assist you further please don't hesitate to contact me.
Best Regards,
Denny
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Frederick 21703

Denny,

I live at ZIP 21703 and want to get both Baltimore and Washington DC stations.  Baltimore is 106 and 96 degrees and Washington is 154 degrees.
Is there any particular type or family of directional antenna that is LESS directional than most and would work best if aimed sort of between the 2 target areas (like at around 125 or 130 degrees)?
Thanks,
Sam 
 
Greetings Sam,
I checked out your channels and I think the Winegard HD 7080 TV antenna has a beam width wide enough to accommodate both the DC and Baltimore stations by positioning the antenna direction somewhere in between. I would suggest you also install a Winegard AP 8700 antenna preamplifier for best results. I am fairly certain this will work at your location but there is some minor uncertainty. I am confident enough that I wouldn't install a second TV antenna without trying this recommendation first.
If I can assist you further please don't hesitate to contact me.
Best Regards,
Denny
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