About a year ago we put up two sticks (20' each) of 1 1/2" pipe. Fabbed & welded an angle iron tripod with a plate welded at the top of the tripod with a pipe coupling welded also. Dug a hole in the ground and poured several bags of ready-mix to secure the foundation. Bought a big antenna from radio shack (or Walmart?) and installed the setup with four guy wires. We receive about 25 digital channels and 10 analog channels, down here in the FL panhandle. The best reception comes from stations less than 70 miles away, but we can receive stations further away. Only issue I notice is that the digital signal is highly directional and sometimes I have to adjust the direction of the antenna. My next plan is to install a [second] smaller antenna on the same mast and aim it for local channels and the larger one aimed toward more distant stations. Will tie both coaxes into a splitter.
We tried several signal amplifiers but they didn't do much and the higher gain models just distorted the signal (picture quality went down).
We used the standard coax size (I think its marked RG59?) for the leads inside and up the antenna mast. We only have one HDTV in the house so will need the converters for the others in the bedrooms until they break down or until we can afford additional HD TVs....
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