Now I am presuming that the antenna question is for CanyonMan's headend, since it follows his past questions about connecting receivers to modulators. But since he hasn't replied to this thread since he started it, I really can't be 100% sure. But even if it is for his personal use at home, why would anyone suggest a rotor? Rotors are useless when it comes to DVR's and recording a channel that requires the antenna be repositioned and you're not there to move it. And it is great to be able to just flip thru the channels and not have to wait to have the antenna move before you get a picture. This is especially true when watching sports like football, and you keep pressing the 'last channel' button on the remote. With a rotor, chances are yu won't get a picture on either channel until the antenna gets in its location. This is unacceptable in todays world.
Rotors where the cats meow back in the day. I used to turn the rotor selecter in our base ment and then run outside and watch the antenna on the roof move when I was a kid. But now, rotors are as outdated and old fashioned as using a Commodore 64 computer with a 13" B&W television for the monitor and an old Panasonic cassette recorder for a 'hard drive'. They just aren't practical any more. And as such, the reason I use commercial means for my personal use. Gotta love getting 43 channels of FREE television from 2 different cities in perfect, stable and reliable reception, thanks to less than $120 worth of commercial grade 'cut' antennas, a 10' mast, a combiner and some coax. Oh yeah, and a +15dB gain drop amplifier. And while I could easily spend more money on the equipment, I wouldn't get any better results than what I have now.
I've been doing this since we got the first OTA DTV signal here years ago. Nope, rotors are NOT the answer anymore.
