[mdoverstreet]

Wow! So much information. Thanks for all your input!

I'll try to get a pic of my older antenna. Looks like it's in the same shape as when it was new. Will also get a pic of the trees.

The RG-59 is about 25 ft or so to the second TV. Is TV coax the same as CB coax as in it shouldn't be coiled? I know CB coax shouldn't be coiled up because it will cause signal loss. If there is any extra, run it back and forth instead of coiling. Got that from a CB radio repair guy friend that I've known for many years. The coax from the new antenna is RG-6 and it's about 50 ft I believe. It's also coiled.

This may sound like a stupid question seeing as I've been asking all the other types of questions, but is the antenna supposed to be pointed with the "V" shape open toward the towers or in the opposite way? I suppose the open "V" end would be something of a focal point for the signals?

I would like to get rotators for both my uncle and I, but how difficult are they to install and use? I like to experiment with technology, but my uncle is, well, let's say, technologically challenged. He's just now understanding how to use the remote with the digital converter box he's got. LOL! As you could see from the map of his place that you saw, he's way out in BFE and he's definately not up with the times. No indoor bathroom and he takes a bath in a waterfall not too far from the house. He has two lightbulbs in the house to see and a potbelly stove for heat. Well, what happens when it gets really hot in the summer? He stays outside. He usually has a big vegetable garden. He walks up on bears, coyotes and other Ozark Mountain creatures pretty regular. Won't carry a gun. I think he's crazy for not doing so. But, oh well.

Speaking of converter boxes, he got a RCA box that has the analog pass-through. I've heard good and bad about those boxes. More bad than good though. What do you think? I have got one that was bought at a Radio Shack. Can't think of the brand name of it though. Was thinking about giving him that one.

When I was talking about "splitting the difference" between the Shinall towers and the southeastern channels, I was talking about using the older antenna after taking down the new one.

When I posted the message yesterday about the picture freezing when people drive by, the school bus stopped in front of the house, and the picture didn't resume until the bus went on. LOL! I will try turning the antenna a bit like you suggested.

Thanks a lot!!