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Originally Posted by Bobster
... the amplified was added at the TV because of "stuttering" on channel 33 and no signal from 8. ...
I'd appreciate any other suggestions.
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I presume that you mean that you are perplexed by the fact that you have so many strong signals that you can't receive. You say that you have a stand of trees between your antenna and the TV transmitters. We know that trees block UHF, but I have read no post or link on this forum why this is the case. We also know that trees attenuate VHF, but they do not block it all together. Many tree leaves are about the same size as the elements of a UHF antenna. Somewhat like an antenna, green leaves extract the energy from UHF and send it to ground. VHF is much longer wavelength for which tree leaves do not act like an antenna.
This does not explain why you are not receiving WFAA (Real Channel 8). With the strength of signal that you should be receiving, you should receive something if only from the VHF low-power stations in your area. It might behoove you to survey your property with a signal strength meter or VHF/UHF set top antenna at the end of a long pole and connected to a portable digital TV to see what if you can find a signal anywhere. I would actually begin the survey with the rabbit ears connected to your regular TV. This would help to exclude connection issues with the big antenna and cabling.