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Will I pick up WALB-DT on my new outside antenna

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I am going to get a new outside anteena for my HD OTA channels The new outside anteena is 160" Long Daul Boom 57 Element Anteena from Radio Shack. This one is alot stornger than my old one I have. I live near Wakulla Station on 267. It's said it's pick up 190 miles on VHF and 100 miles on UHF and 100 miles on FM. I know WCTV-DT,WTWC-DT,WTXL-DT,WTLH-DT are in Melcalf Ga. Will I be able to pick up WALB-DT and WFXL-DT? I may have a shot of it.
 
There's a ridge north of the Georgia state line called Curry Hill. This makes VHF and FM reception of Florida stations difficult in Georgia and reception of Georgia stations difficult in Florida. I just happen to be on top of the ridge so I can pick up everything from Panama City, Tallahassee, Dothan, Albany, and Columbus. I haven't ventured into DTV yet and I don't know how things are going to work out with most stations being UHF.
Unless you're on high ground, I would guess you would need a very tall antenna mast to "see" the WALB/WFXL tower.
 
Probably not reliably, given the distance and the terrain. But, 7 and 9 from Panama City are probably doable from there. Your best bet is to try out your address on tvfool.com. Also, don't believe the distances that that are advertised for antennas, unless you live on top of a very tall mountain.
 
You would be better off with a separate, very high gain UHF antenna, at that distance.

But, any way you go, you'll need to be carefull of "front-end overload" (too much signal) from stations that are closer....i.e., Tallahassee. FM stations coming in thru a VHF+UHF antenna are especially bad about overloading the tuner or preamp.

But, hey, it can be a fun hobby! Experiment a bit.
 
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