Thanks, guys.
I am totally surrounded by hundreds of acres of timber forest. I am, however, line of sight, about 2000 feet, from a clear cut hilltop to the east. However, putting the antenna there apparently wouldn't get me the channels I'd like, according to the fool report I generated. I've often thought about putting a wi-fi bridge up there, but for wi-fi (no cable or dsl at my house.... cable stopped about .5 miles down the road and no hope of them coming down to my house.... maybe a glimmer of hope from 4g though, so this project is on hold).
Interestingly, putting the antenna about 750 feet northwest of me, uphill, would get me what I want. See here:
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...3e47a62227b64d
There would be no line of sight though..... and patching a cable between those two points would be some rough business.
As I stomp through these woods and hills over the next year, I will scout spots that could be candidates. Loggers are thinning out much of it right now, so that will help. I haven't given up, that's for sure. I like to do weird impossible things like this, so we'll see. Until then, I should be getting most of the Seahawk games on KCPQ this fall, so I am super-stoked.
I have two remaining questions, if you could please:
1) Right now, my antenna is running through 75 ohm coax (old DirecTV stuff) through about 3 extension connectors. Will quality of reception improve at all if I spring for one single cable (about 75 feet), or is it not a big deal?
2) Do you think a pre-amp will help my situation at all, in terms of improving signal quality or possibly finding another tower?
Thanks again.