is channel master Antenna decent for OTA HD Broadcasts

[Dan]

I am building in ozaukee cty near the lake and just had my HT dealer put in a Channel MAster CM3679 deep fringe antenna. Is this good for OTA broadcasts. If it is bad I still may be able to remove it.

Thanks

dan:)

[Tom Snyder]

Trying to pick up Chicago?  That is more antenna than you need for Milwaukee....

[Kevin Arnold]

With that puppy you should get Milwaukee, Green Bay, maybe some Madison and even as Tom says - Chicago. On good summer days you can point east and enjoy some Mich. HD.

[Greg Oman]

:confused:

That looks like a reasonably large antenna depending on how far north you are of the towers.  If it doesn't bother you appearance wise, I don't think I'd personally change it.  Could you get by with something smaller?  Probably, yes.  But if you start splitting to mutilple sets, etc., etc., a higher gain antenna just gives you more signal to work with.

Greg O.

[Talos4]

I didn't see any info in this but...

It seems like a shame to have a rig like that and not have a rotor installed.  

If it's not too much trouble I would look into having one installed.

I'm in the city, and use my roof top for FM also.  TV is located to the North but, The drive and WIIL are located to the south.  

Only problem with swinging around to the South is,  Forgetting to turn it around again when the better half wants to watch TV. :bang:

[Dan]

The antenna is currently mounted in the attic of new house. Could i put a rotor in the attic if I have clearance?

Dan

[Talos4]

"IF" you have the clearance it could be done.  

However....

I would be a bit concerned with the types of building materials used in your construction.

For example:  Steel, Aluminum siding,  foil backed insulation, steel studs etc.  All of these could interfere with reception.  

Also depending on how large your home is you could also have some multi path problems with the signals having to pass through larger parts of the building itself.

I don't mean to rain on the parade but I just wanted to point out legitimate concerns with attic mounts.

If you currently do not have any issues with the above I](nevermind)[/I]

Now having said that...  before you invest in equipment and if it's not too much trouble,  loosen the clamps a bit and try turning by hand and try to capture some other signals.

If you do not get satisfactory results, put the antenna back where it was. No harm done.