Need antenna help

[champion6]

I'm a noob with HD... just got my first HDTV and also switched from analog cable to Dish Network. Dish gives me SD locals, so I'm trying to find an antenna to pick up HD locals. I'm getting tired of the trial-and-error method I've used so far.

I currently have a Radio Shack 15-1892 amplified interior antenna, connected to the TV Antenna In on my ViP 722 DVR. I can't get a consistent strong signal from C & G and I can't find D at all. I can't find F, but it isn't important to me at all.

Zip Code = 61873
A yellow - uhf WICD-DT 15.1 ABC CHAMPAIGN IL 119° 6.8 41
B yellow - uhf WCCU-DT 27.1 FOX URBANA IL 25° 14.9 26
C red - vhf WILL-DT 12.1 PBS URBANA IL 263° 34.4 9
D blue - uhf WBUI-DT 23.1 CW DECATUR IL 258° 45.9 22
E blue - uhf WCIA-DT 3.1 CBS CHAMPAIGN IL 271° 22.3 48
F violet - uhf WEIU-DT 51.1 PBS CHARLESTON IL 204° 40.5 50
G violet - uhf WAND-DT 17.1 NBC DECATUR IL 257° 44.0 18

I can install an outdoor antenna in my attic - framed ranch with fiberglass shingles. There are no tall trees and the terrain is flat forever.

Obviously the most distant sources are to the west. The towers to the northeast and southeast are close to me.

I would appreciate your advice.

Mike

 

[charper1]

I see you PBS is listed as VHF, but VHF-High; so I would give the Channel Master CM4228 a try. Begin aiming at around the 249° heading, and test from there. I would mount it outside, at or above the roof line.

 

[Peter Parker]

The spread may be a bit much for a CM 4228.

 

[champion6]

Can anyone recommend an online vendor for the CM4228 with a decent return policy?

 

[charper1]

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