Morganton
26505
Hello,
I am writing for an HDTV
antenna recomendation. I happen to live in Morgantown, WV
which is about five miles south of the Pennsylvania line. My
closest station is a PBS one in town. After that there are
various stations around Pittsburgh, PA which is about 40 miles
north and two about 25 miles south in WV.
I have been using nothing but
basic cable TV service for years. I simply have the cable
wire connection with box or external tuner. I recently
acquired an HDTV and discovered that for some reason I am receiving
about three HDTV stations via the cable but have looked into
installing a roof antenna mainly for HDTV although it would be good
to be for FM also. I have been doing a lot of research on the
internet and happily found your site which is quite
informative. Certainly the guanantee is good also.
There are various mountains in the area so I am sure they somewhat
decrease the range of broadcasts.
I am planning on doing
the install myself. I have remodeled my 30 year old home with
a central wiring closet by replacing the phone wire, TV wire
and adding network cables about everywhere. I happen to have
lots of spare RG6, RG6 quad shield and CAT 5 cable so I would
not need to purchase any of that. I would need the antenna,
stand and possibly rotating device. The Winegard MS
2000 certainly
looks interesting. I have never seen one of those but am open
to the standard design if that would be what is needed at my
distance.
Thanks
Greetings Phil,
Because of the terrain between your location and some of the
transmitters I would not recommend the MS 2000 (see
TV
antenna range). I will however recommend the
Winegard HD 7082P TV antenna with
confidence. This antenna should provide all of the gain required to
receive your digital and analog channels along with FM. I also
suggest the
Channel Master 7777 antenna
preamplifier. The low noise and high output of this amplifier
should virtually eliminate any chance of digital signal drop out.
For FM reception the FM trap on the amplifier should be set to the
out position. You will also need to direct your antenna
since the transmitters are in different directions, our best rotor
is the
Channel Master 9521 TV antenna rotor.
I believe the above equipment will give you excellent results at
your location.
If I can assist you further please don't hesitate to contact
me.
Best Regards,
Denny
