Thanks for the photo.
If the tree is between the antenna and the transmitting tower, that would certainly block the signals.
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Would a different antenna with a wider beam-width help me?
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No
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or do I need to find another spot for my antenna...
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Yes
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I may try it in the attic, as I've noticed lower on the mast was getting better signal.
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Lower can sometimes allow the signals to pass below the branches, but going from outside to inside the attic would make the signals weaker.
Something doesn't look right in the photo. Maybe I'm getting the mast confused with the boom, or maybe it is just the angle that was used for the camera location, but the antenna looks like it wasn't assembled correctly. Can you show us another photo of the antenna taken at a different angle, maybe more from the side?
Your situation looks a lot like this:
