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Originally Posted by tigerbangs
Um, I think you may have misinterpreted the measurements: the YA-1713 Winegard Yagi has 10.3 DB gain at channel 13: that should be plenty of gain for your needs, especially if you use a preamp. My sister lives in Centerville, near Dayton, and I installed a Wade-Delhi VU-936SR without a preamp at her house, and she picks up WSYX-DT just fine and she's quite a bit further than you are from their signal!
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Hi there! Just curious if your sister receives any Columbus stations other than WSYX? I have a Zenith converter box and do get evening signal readings regularly for WDTN (NBC) and WHIO (CBS), but usually not enough to lock in a picture. I live in East Columbus (I-270/Main). With your "prescription," will the Dayton stations come in reliably? Not sure why I want them, but for some reason I do.
Also, should I keep the existing outdoor antenna (15-year old combo UHF-VHF-TV fringe antenna from Radio Shack) and try an amp first maybe?
Another question for my pending TV purchase, what brands have good tuners? Are Samsungs generally OK?
Here is my antenna, it sits on the chimney of a two story home; my antenna has 2/3 as many elements however ...
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Here are my TV Fool results, if that helps:
WCMH-DT 14 (4.1) NBC 9.7 LOS 70.5
*WBNS-DT 21 (10.1) CBS 9.7 LOS 70.3
WTTE-DT 36 (28.1) Fox 9.7 LOS 68.9
WSYX-DT 13 (6.1) ABC 9.7 LOS 65.2
WOSU-DT 38 (34.1) PBS 13.5 LOS 62.7
WSFJ-DT 24 (51.1) Ind 10.8 LOS 57.2
WWHO-DT 46 (53.1) CW 30.2 LOS 55.5
WCPX-LP 25 (48.1) 9.8 LOS 47.5
W23BZ 23 (23.1) 12.1 LOS 45.9
*WDEM-CD 17 (17.1) 9.7 LOS 40.8
WGCT-CA 8 (8.1) 11.0 LOS 33.7
WHIO-DT 41 (7.1) CBS 76.2 2Edge 0.1
WBDT-DT 26 (26.1) CW 76.7 2Edge -1.5
WDTN-DT 50 (2.1) NBC 76.8 2Edge -2.8
*WXCB-CD 42 (42.1) 25.9 2Edge -4.6
WPTD-DT 16 (16.1) PBS 76.5 2Edge -4.9
WRGT-DT 30 (45.1) Fox 76.7 2Edge -6.2
WKEF-DT 51 (22.1) ABC 76.7 2Edge -10.5
WPBO-DT 43 (42.1) PBS 84.7 2Edge -13.0
WHIZ-DT 40 (18.1) NBC 45.6 2Edge -13.6
WMFD-DT 12 (68.1) Ind 56.0 2Edge -14.1
WQCW-DT 17 (30.1) CW 107.1 Tropo -15.9
WLWT-DT 35 (5.1) NBC 106.5 Tropo -15.9
WOUB-DT 27 (20.1) PBS 58.6 2Edge -17.4
WSAZ-DT 23 (3.1) NBC 106.7 Tropo -17.5
WLIO-DT 8 (35.1) NBC 86.7 2Edge -18.2
WKOI-TV 39 (43.1) Ind 100.1 Tropo -18.2