"Highland Ham" wrote in message
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Firstly ,it is my understanding that in the USA all terrestrial TV
stations will go digital in 2009 , so it would be useful to know which are
the frequencies/bands this service will be offered in your (Toledo) area
,before you buy any new antenna.

Secondly ,most ,if not all TV sets nowadays have an antenna input socket
for 75 Ohms coax. Since coax is less 'environment sensitive' than twin
lead feeder , it does make sense to run coax to the antenna.
If the antenna's active element is a folded dipole ,its connection box
will include a (usually pig nose type) 4:1 balun.

Frank GM0CSZ / KN6WH

Give twinlead a twist every couple of feet and you save the cost of that
coax.
At the freqs used, most coax could be rather lossy, depending on the length
of the run, but twinlead has a very happy combination of being low-loss -
and - low-cost compared to most coax. (And lighter weight too.)
The 4-1 balun ( coax to twinlead adapter) is cheap enough.
I've used twinlead and tv baluns for a 200-ft run to my antenna on 10 meters
(5 watts) with good results both tx and rec.
Ya just gotta match impedences and you're good to go.