well, my uncle has directv at his house and he subscribed to the local channels. he has about 5 recievers one of which is for his "motorhome" but happens to be in my living room in AZ, so something about it being out of area of the service the local channels are scrambled and he nis of course no subscribed to the AZ local channels. the anteanna I have is pone that amplifies VHF (2-13) 45db, most powerful one at walmart anyways, step down was 32 but it was actually 32 for UHF and only 20 for VHF, this ones 45 for VHF. I am going to put it in the window sill at the other end of the house, and run a long coax and see if I get anything back there. a 50 foot run isnt enough to need an inline signal booster as well is it?