I live about 3 miles east of downtown Charlotte, NC. I am in an old neighborhood with lots of trees. There are two channes within 10 miles that I do not receive well. These are CBS (3-1, freq. 23) and ABC (9-1, freq 34). The CBS tower is west northwest of my house and ABC is East Northeast of my house. I receive other channels in the same directions which are farther away. Below is a link to the TV Fool report for my location. My antenna is approximately 20 feet high. I only have 1 TV attached to the antenna
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...60b507c76cdbe7
I currently have an AntennasDirect Clearstream1 mounted to my chimney above my single story house pointed North. I have approximately 40feet of old cheap cable connecting the antenna to my TV
Questions are:
1. I do not have the metal reflector installed. Would this help and what does it do? I did not notice a difference when I tried it with the deflector inside of my house so I left it off.
2. Would buying a larger antenna help? I was thinking about the clearstream 2 antenna. This has a 50 mile radius and a gain of 10.2dbi. My current antenna (Clearstream 1) has a range of 30 miles and a gain of 8dbi.
3. Would a pre-amp help?
4. Is it possible to connect two antennas pointed in opposite directions and then run one cable to the TV?