Ok, per the installers suggestion I swapped the RCA preamp for a Stellar Labs that he usually uses.
http://www.mcmelectronics.com/produc...-2465-/30-2465
Unfortunately did not change my reception but no big deal. Fairly inexpensive test.
Today I took the RCA preamp and connected to the C5. I ran it directly to a spare TV and did a channel scan. I picked up clear (though only did a few seconds each) all the channels from Louisville. Yea! But I also picked up 2 channels from Indianapolis that I did not expect.
If I pointed both sides of the bowtie towards Indy and tried to combine it with the C5 pointing towards Louisville am I going to run into problems with both antennas picking up signals from the opposite direction?