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Old 01-28-2008, 10:22 PM
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Default Best antenna for slight hill blocking

My view of Sutro tower (S.F.'s biggest TV tower) is blocked by the hill i live on. If i was fifty feet up I could probably have line of sight. I can't have a mast this tall due to land lord restrictions.

Using a Terk HDTVa antenna indoors I get most of the channels, but only at 50-60 percent. I get spotty reception on a couple of channels and if it rains its worse on all. I find that I have to point the antenna 45 degress away from the direction of the tower to get the best signal. I assume this is a reflection from the top of my hill.

So, I was thinking about getting the DB2 since it has two dipoles for better diversity. If I place this outdoors I will have to add about 50-100 feet of coax.

Any sugestions? trying to get (better) football this weekend

Vance
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