"RogerN" wrote in message
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I've heard people talking about Digital TV and saying they are getting
many channels with good quality... So I'm considering getting an antenna
to receive local broadcasts and save $5/month from the satellite bill plus
get more local channels.

Anyway, the broadcast stations for this area are pretty much in 2
directions from my house, St Louis is West and there are other local
stations to the South. I was wondering if instead of using a rotor, could
I use 2 antennas and some sort of signal combiner? Anybody here doing
this?

RogerN



It can be done BUT - if you're not very close to the stations [ 50 miles
LOS] I wouldn't waste either the money or the time.

DTV signals have less range than Analog provides and - in fringe areas -
suffer far more than Analog from any kind of disturbance.

Part of the reason is that only channels 8-13 remain at their current VHF
frequencies while the rest become UHF and if you have troubles receiving
over-the-air UHF Analog signals you'll have real problems with the DTV
signals.

If you're close enough to the transmitter(s) then you might even want to
consider an omni-directional antenna and save yourself a bit of expense.