Thanks for the report and the photo in the summer.
Even if your antenna system is in perfect condition, I think you will continue to have problems with the trees.
Fox is your weakest signal, and their transmitting antenna has a directional pattern that doesn't send much power south; it favors east and west of Rochester.
After the FCC Repack of UHF channels, WHEC will stay on 10:
https://www.rabbitears.info/market.p...&callsign=WHEC
WHAM will move from 13 to channel 9, so you will need to rescan:
https://www.rabbitears.info/market.p...&callsign=WHAM
WXXI will move from 16 to 22:
https://www.rabbitears.info/market.p...&callsign=WXXI
WROC from 45 to 21:
https://www.rabbitears.info/market.p...&callsign=WROC
WUHF will stay on 28.
https://www.rabbitears.info/market.p...&callsign=WUHF
Transition Phase 4: Testing Begins: 6/22/2019 Phase Ends: 8/2/2019
https://www.rabbitears.info/repackch...=&lss=&status=
The only things I can think of to improve your reception would be to move your antenna higher to a location that doesn't have trees directly in front of it, or mount a smaller UHF only antenna on a tower to improve the reception of your weaker channels and combine it with your present antenna for VHF using a UVSJ UHF/VHF combiner.
Quote:
Originally Posted by JoeAZ
In retrospect, the issue with channel 8, WROC may have been
at their end. Perhaps they were running at lower power than
normal or their antenna may have needed some "tuning" to
perform at 100%.
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Yes, it is possible that WROC CBS, real channel 45, virtual channel 8.1, is running at reduced power for the safety of the tower workers mounting the new channel 21 antenna.