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Old 11-15-2016, 03:09 PM
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Have you checked TV Fool for info on TV antenna requirements?

http://www.tvfool.com/index.php?opti...id=13&Itemid=1

Either antenna that you posted should be adequate for the 35 mile or so distance. The larger more expensive antenna has elements for low band TV (ch 2-6)... if you don't have a low band channel, it may not be necessary to spend the money for un-necessary aluminum, but with "repacking" in the future, perhaps you could end up with a low band channel someday.

Most "all band" TV antennas do not provide very high gain for FM, because strong FM signals could, in some cases, interfere with channel 6 reception. For FM dxing a dedicated FM only antenna on a rotator is usually considered to be a better choice. I use a (discontinued) APS-9 on a rotator to regularly listen to a Classical station about 100 miles away on my F1HD Sony.
More than you will likely need to know about FM antennas here:

http://ham-radio.com/k6sti/

Unfortunately the supply of of decent FM antennas has almost completely dried up, so you may be forced to just use an all band TV antenna.Even the little FM-6 has been discontinued.

http://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp?p=fm6

hope this helps,
jr
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