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Originally Posted by jim5506
You're going to have a really tough time getting ch 9 and 11 from the north, because those stations are almost 100 miles from you and the signal is very weak (9=-10.9NM and 11=-14.4 NM) and the only VHF high antenna with that much pulling power is no longer made (Funke PSP-1922 with gain of about 15dB).
If the NM (noise margin) is so low that adding it to the antenna gain still leaves you in negative territory, you can almost forget anything but sporatic reception.
UHF on the other hand, there is the Winegard HD-9032 with gain ranging from 14.9 @ ch 14 to 16.3 @ ch32 that might get those stations in the + territory, but barely.
If I were you I'd try stations in other directions like 331 and 176 just for grins. Put a Winegard AP8275 preamp or a CM 7777 pre-amp on your old antenna just to see if it still has any life in it (questionable) and try the stations to the south, they are evidently twice as close as the ones to the north.
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Hi jim5506, I don't receive 11 yet, but do get 9 with a signal strength of 40 without preamp. The stations at 331 degrees come in great(very high signal strength)if I point the antenna that way, but the channels are few. I'll definitely do some trial and error things for grins, but this first. I definitely wanna try 176 degrees again just to see if it can be done. I'm far enough on the north side of this hill that it may prove to be too much to do.
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