Questions from an emigrant from the McIntosh and Antique Radio forums

[steve328is]

Good day all! I've been lurking here for a little bit and learned a lot! I've been mostly into old McIntosh equipment and tube radios; gonna jump into TVs now.

I'm currently deployed in the middle east, I'll be home in May. I have an old Zenith floor model TV set--not sure of the exact #--that my wife got from her mother while I was gone. As I remember it works great!

Anyway, I've requested my two converter boxes from the FCC and I've been thinking about getting rid of my Verizon FIOS TV service and just using an outdoor antenna. I actually watch very little of the channels Verizon has available--don't see the need to keep paying for it.

NOW to the questions: Can I run all the TVs in my house from one antenna? I was thinking about running the cable from the antenna to the junction box that the FIOS uses to send a signal to the different rooms in the house. I'm thinking of getting one of those omnidirectional 'flying saucer' looking antennas from Radio Shack. I live in Riverview Florida; from my back yard I can see several broadcast towers that the local stations use. According to AntennaWeb I'm less than 20 miles from 31 transmitters, about half of those I'm less than 5 miles away from.

Assuming I can use just one antenna, do I need a converter box for each TV? I'd imagine I need a good RF amp...

Man this has been a long first post!! I'll quit for now, thanks for any help!

Cheers--Steve