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I'd use a nine foot whip. I'm a ham radio operator myself but I do have some CB gear around too. The nine foot whip is a full length quarter wave which "gets out" very well and is also quite resistant against wind loading. Adding a spring at the bottom might help as well if you can find one. As for connectors for the antenna, if you can find brass or stainless steel, they are most resistant against the sort of salt water corrosion such areas are notorious for. Good luck with it. I live very close to water myself and have dealt with this. When I was in the Florida Keys living on a boat, I had to replace hardware regularly due to corrosion.
Ham radio fests, Craigs list, local ham club. Maybe a CERT type of group (citizens emergency response team). We have those and they use ham radios. Also try emergency services in your county. You will never get what you paid....Used Ham gear goes cheap.
Unless you are in channel 2 (does not apply to USA any more) and he is transmitting on 10 or 11 meters,you may get some interference. If he is not transmitting, there is no way he can block your signal to the TV. Make sure all your connections from the antenna to the tv are ok,or try directing your antenna to another channel(location). Unless you live to far from the area where the majority of stations are,try with a smaller antenna close to the tv to make sure you have everything connected accordingly. We ham radio guys normally are very friendly if he is a ham radio guy (not a CBr) I am positive he will help.
Go to manage connections and turn all connections off. Powering the phone off and then back on. Turn on your connections and reset the network to automatic if it wasn't previously.
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