Greetings Dave,

Thank you for the kind comments about our website.

I took a look at the reception data from your location and I don't believe the MS 2000 antenna is your best choice. As I say on the website on the page entitled TV antenna range, range in miles ratings are pretty much useless without additional information. As you probably noticed many of the channels were within the range in miles of the MS 2000. However, terrain has more to do with reception than does any antennas suggested range. The range is a rule of thumb and is an average prediction of the antennas ability to receive stations from a given distance. As you probably noticed many of the displayed channels on the antennaweb site were shown in the blue or violet color on the left side of the page, even though many of the transmitters were within 40 miles of your location. This indicates that even though they are within the mile range of the MS 2000 they are more difficult to receive, probably do to the terrain (hills, dense trees etc...). The MS 2000 is best used for yellow, light & dark green, red and may or may not provide quality reception on those stations appearing in blue, and violet is out of the question. In flat and wide open terrain stations as far as 60 miles away can show up as yellow and very easy to get on antennaweb. On the other hand I have seen transmitter locations less than 10 miles away show as violet because the line of sight to the transmitter is obstructed by a large hill or mountain.

Your best choice for quality reception is the HD 7084P TV antenna. I am confident this antenna will provide excellent reception even on NBC channel 11 from Baltimore. Along with the antenna I strongly suggest the Winegard AP 8700 antenna preamplifier. This combination of items I think will pleasantly surprise you with the reception they provide.

 

Best Regards,
Denny Duplessis
TV Antenna Source

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