Eric Samonte

I need one for HD OTA reception since my old indoor is iffy these days. I presently am with Dish with 2 HD receivers, the 811 and a 942 both of which I'd like to stick in their individual OTA source. I tried the Terk clip-ons which gave me worse reception than my old rabbit ears. An outdoor one to be mounted with the Dish sat on the roof would be my best bet. There, I can easily combine the sat and OTA cables with a diplexer and split them out to the receivers inside. A medium sized one would be best preferably not bigger than the Sat dish as well as costing below $100....
oh BTW, I'm needing antennas in the "yellow" range.

Phil A

Did you try www.antennaweb.org for starters? Once you get past that point you can go to the manuf. sites like Channel Master or Winegard and the various others.

Philip Hamm

I'm using a Channel Master CM4221A and it works great for me.

Philip Hamm
Moderator Emeritus

wally

I'm using a DB4, in the attic, from Antennas Direct with a Dish 811 and have been very happy.

Antennas Direct DB4

Philip Hamm

Wow that DB4 is three times the price of the CM4221A from Warren Electronics and it looks to be the same size.

Philip Hamm
Moderator Emeritus

wally

Looks to be true Philip. To be honest, by the time I got to the antenna purchase I had dropped thousands of dollars into the HT, I knew from neighbors/forums that they had good luck with the DB4, and the distributor was local (no shipping cost or wait time!). The extra $20 wasn’t a deal breaker. I just wanted my HDTV!!!

Eric Samonte

Thanks for the replies guys. I went over to Antennaweb.org again and found some of my channels r in VHF, analog & digital. My question is will the Channel Master CM4221A do for me?

Philip Hamm

The Channel Master CM4221A will not pick up VHF or FM. You need a combo antenna. Are you sure that your local DIGITAL stations are broadcasting in VHF? That's very unusual. Or are you looking to pick up analog OTA signals also?

I went with a Channel Master CM4221A from Warren Electronics a couple years ago when I bought an Infocus X1 projector. I wanted just the local digital signals. I got such great reception that I decided to ditch the second Dish Network receiver I was using for the basement and guest bedroom and run just OTA for analog locals instead of paying for almost never used dish in those places.

I went back to Warren Electronics and got an Antennacraft CS600 VHF/FM antenna in their closeout section. I also got a UHF/VHF joiner there, and a powered distribution system so I can send the signal all over the house. Instead of on top of the house, I've got my antennas in my attic so no messing with going on the roof and no unsightly antenna on top of the house. The reception on everything is great, the only thing that comes in poorly is my local MHz station, which I don't really care about.

Whether an attic install will work for you I can't tell. All I can say is that it works sensational for me. I use the antenna for TV all over the house in both analog and digital (I have a digital receiver for an analog TV, which gives me a picture dramatically better than direct analog signal and gives me DD5.1 to boot!) and for FM radio reception.

Philip Hamm
Moderator Emeritus

Phil A

Actually digital TV stations broadcasting on VHF are not as scarce as one might think:

http://www.antennasdirect.com/vhf_hdtv_stations.html

I believe (could be wrong) the below list is about 6% (give or take a little) of the total of digital TV stations.


"Since most of our UHF antennas will capture high frequency VHF signals (Channels 7-13), we typically only recommend using VHF antennas to capture the low end of the VHF band (Channels 2-6). Occasionally, a VHF capable antenna may also be required on channels 7 and 8. For your convenience we have highlighted these 34 channels (channels 2-8) in red in the following list of all of the VHF Digital Stations.

Market Channel Call Letters Affiliation
Albany GA 12 WFXL FOX
Albuquerque 12 KOVT ABC
Amarillo 9 KFDA CBS
Atlanta 10 WXIA NBC
Bakersfield CA 10 KERO ABC
Bangor ME 10 WMED PBS
Bangor ME 9 WMEB PBS
Bangor ME 7 WBNG CBS
Baton Rouge 13 WBRZ ABC
Billings MT 11 KULR NBC
Boise ID 10 KNIN UPN
Butte 2 KTVM CBS
Casper WY 8 KCWC PBS
Charlotte NC 11 WTVI PBS
Chattanooga 13 WRCB NBC
Cheyenne WY 11 KKTU NBC
Chicago 10 WWTO IND
Chicago 3 WBBM CBS
Cincinnati 10 WCPO ABC
Cleveland 10 WOIO CBS
Cleveland 12 WMFD IND
Cleveland 2 WKYC NBC
Columbia SC 8 WOLO ABC
Columbus OH 13 WSYX ABC
Denver 10 KMAS Telemundo
Fort Wayne IN 12 WINM IND
Fresno 9 KFSN ABC
Fresno 7 KAIL UPN
Grand Junction CO 2 KREX CBS
Grand Junction CO 12 KKCO NBC
Grand Junction CO 7 KJCT ABC
Grand Rapids MI 2 WWMT CBS
Grand Rapids MI 7 WOOD NBC
Great Falls 8 KFBB ABC
Greenville NC 10 WNCT CBS
Greenville SC 9 WNTV PBS
Harlingen TX 13 KRGV ABC
Harrisburg PA 4 WHP CBS
Harrisonburg VA 11 WVPT PBS
Hartford 12 WTXX UPN
Hartford 10 WTNH ABC
Houston 9 KUHT PBS
Idaho Falls 9 KIFI ABC
Indianapolis 9 WISH CBS
Jacksonville FL 13 WTLV NBC
Jacksonville FL 10 WJXX ABC
Jonesboro AR 9 KAIT ABC
Joplin MO 13 KOAM CBS
Kansas City 7 KMBC ABC
Lafayette IN 11 WLFI CBS
Lake Charles 8 KPLC NBC
Las Vegas 9 KVVU FOX
Las Vegas 2 KVBC NBC
Las Vegas 12 KNTV ABC
Las Vegas 11 KLVX PBS
Las Vegas 7 KLAS CBS
Lexington 13 WKYT CBS
Lexington 4 WDKY FOX
Lima OH 8 WLIO NBC
Little Rock 12 KTHV CBS
Louisville 8 WBNA PAX
Lubbock TX 9 KCBD NBC
Macon 4 WMAZ CBS
Madison WI 11 WMSN FOX
Medford OR 13 KOTI NBC
Miami 8 WSVN FOX
Miami 9 WPLG ABC
Milwaukee 8 WMVS PBS
Missoula 7 KPAX CBS
Mobile 9 WALA FOX
Monroe LA 7 KNOE CBS
Monterey 10 KSBW CBS
Nashville 10 WSMV NBC
New York 12 WPIX WB
North Platte NE 7 KDUH ABC
Oklahoma City 7 KOCO ABC
Orlando FL 11 WESH NBC
Providence 13 WPRI CBS
Rapid City SD 2 KOTA ABC
Rapid City SD 10 KHSD ABC
Reno 13 KTVN CBS
Reno 7 KRNV NBC
Roanoke 3 WBRA PBS
Salt Lake City 9 KUSG CBS
San Angelo TX 11 KLST CBS
San Antonio 8 KLRN PBS
San Francisco 12 KNTV NBC
Spokane 13 KXLY ABC
Spokane 12 KUID PBS
Spokane 8 KSPS PBS
Springfield MA 11 WWLP NBC
Tallahassee 2 WTWC NBC
Tampa 12 WTVT FOX
Tampa 7 WFLA NBC
Tulsa 10 KTUL ABC
Waco 9 KCEN ABC
Waco 12 KAMU PBS
Waco 13 KAKW UPN
Washington DC 12 WWPX PAX
West Palm Beach 13 WPEC CBS
Wilkes Barre PA 13 WYOU CBS
Wilkes Barre PA 11 WBRE NBC "