Since there have been several OTA antenna discussions lately I decided to play around with it at home since it got up to a balmy 25º. I am trying to get everything ready so I can record OTA network programs while in the MH. I got an iView digital converter and an AM21 for the sat but had no OTA antenna here at home to test either new piece. Unfortunately I was dumb enough to buy the chinese piece of junk antenna from fleabay mentioned in another thread. Knowing I got many more channels when the MH antenna was used I decided to take my batwing with wingman off the MH and try it mounted up high on the house where I had the other one. I got far more channels than when mounted on the MH because it was about 20' higher. I was surprised and impressed by the performance. In fact I got so many channels that I don't get as locals from DTV I decided I would get an antenna for the house.Could any of you antenna experts please recommend an outdoor UHF only and preferably flat antenna that would give equal performance to the Winegard batwing from the MH for mounting on the house? I won't need a rotor. I am 50+ miles from the stations,at higher elevation but with a lot of trees and in a valley if any of that matters.Thanx

I don't understand your question? :hAfter using the Winegard/Wingman set up on top of your house, and getting excellent results, why on earth you now want to replace it with a "POS" type of antenna?That type of antenna are for those who live city within about 20 miles of the transmitter.

Well, I understand your question!You can take a look here at some of the Winegard home antennas.Winegard home UHF antennasI don't think the Flat Wave is what you would want but the other will do the job.Now, with that said, are you sure you only need UHF? You know your market better that I, so I will not question it, but just be sure you know what frequencies the various channels are broadcast on.I found an interesting list of TV stations in PA (Wikipedia, of course). Take a look at the channels you want to watch. The RF list shows UHF (above 14)/ VHF (13 and below).PA TV Stations

There are a few VHF but nothing of interest if I could get away with a flat UHF only antenna. Where I have to mount it would be a problem to put up an old style large antenna.Would the HD-8800 equal the performance of the batwing?I guess I could always get another batwing head and some sort of 110AC to 12VDC power adapter. Then I would always have a set of spare parts for the MH. :)

Personally I would never go with a UHF only, VHF/UHF would me (and has been) my choice.We have an AntennaCraftHD-360 (RadioShack) and find it works well. Of course, unlike the bat-wing I have to erect it, but it out performs the Jensen POS that came with the rig ("44" stations vrs "6") and putting a hand-crank antenna is not possible.

Google coat hanger antenna for a great UHF only cheap antenna.

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