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[QUOTE=&quot;70decilon, post: 213132, member: 106598&quot;]Going back to OTA after 30 years!&nbsp; I have temporarily mounted a <a href="http://www.winegard.com/freevision">Winegard FreeVision Digital HDTV Antenna</a> 20 feet up on my old (but in good shape) 50' tower.&nbsp; With that antenna pointed SE, I can get (virtual) channels 2, 5, 6, 9, 20, 28, 35, 45, and 51 MOST of the time.&nbsp; I have the antenna pointed that direction in order to get virtual 2, &quot;real&quot; channel 24, which is important to us.&nbsp; The antenna is connected to a HDHomeRun, which feeds Fire TV Sticks, etc.However, on a bad day, I can get only virtual channels 5, 9, and 51.&nbsp; (From the TV Fool report, it doesn't make sense to me that I would get channel 9, but not some of the others.)&nbsp; I would sure like to know what antenna to buy and which direction to point it - I really don't want to use a rotor.&nbsp; Will an amplifier at the antenna be needed?&nbsp; I will be happy if I then can CONSISTENTLY get the channels mentioned above, anything else is just a bonus.<a href="http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&amp;Itemid=29&amp;q=id%3d903881565d87d9">TV Fool</a>I've probably already rambled too much, but to be clear, the original big antenna and rotor are long gone.&nbsp; It looks like the short mounting post at the top of the tower is fine.&nbsp; Thank you in advance for any comments.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="70decilon, post: 213132, member: 106598"]Going back to OTA after 30 years! I have temporarily mounted a [URL="http://www.winegard.com/freevision"]Winegard FreeVision Digital HDTV Antenna[/URL] 20 feet up on my old (but in good shape) 50' tower. With that antenna pointed SE, I can get (virtual) channels 2, 5, 6, 9, 20, 28, 35, 45, and 51 MOST of the time. I have the antenna pointed that direction in order to get virtual 2, "real" channel 24, which is important to us. The antenna is connected to a HDHomeRun, which feeds Fire TV Sticks, etc. However, on a bad day, I can get only virtual channels 5, 9, and 51. (From the TV Fool report, it doesn't make sense to me that I would get channel 9, but not some of the others.) I would sure like to know what antenna to buy and which direction to point it - I really don't want to use a rotor. Will an amplifier at the antenna be needed? I will be happy if I then can CONSISTENTLY get the channels mentioned above, anything else is just a bonus. [URL="http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3d903881565d87d9"]TV Fool[/URL] I've probably already rambled too much, but to be clear, the original big antenna and rotor are long gone. It looks like the short mounting post at the top of the tower is fine. Thank you in advance for any comments.[/QUOTE]

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