Your experience with WUAB in particular, continues to build the case against using a low or moderate gain antenna followed by a high gain amplifier in the mistaken hope that the amplifier will make the antenna perform like a high gain antenna.
Return the WA830TG, get your money back. (Perhaps post a review if you can.)
There are several ways to approach your situation. Two ideas come to mind:
1) Two antennas, each cabled to the TV separately where an A/B switch or, if the TV has multiple inputs, two DTV tuner boxes give you the means to select the desired antenna.
To receive WUAB & WJW reliably, I'd use no smaller than a Winegard HD7694P pointed toward 335°. The HD7698P would not be overkill IMO. If the cable length is 50' or less and you are not going to split to multiple sets, try this with no amplifier.
Looking toward 75° compass, a 4-bay panel antenna will do well unless you want to receive WYTV and/or WYFX. U4000, DB-4, DB-4e, CS4, CM-4221 or HD4400.
http://www.antennacraft.net/Antennas/AntennasUHF.html
http://www.antennasdirect.com/store/...-Antennas.html
http://www.channelmaster.com/Channel...ntenna_s/3.htm
http://www.winegarddirect.com/cview....nly%20Antennas
(The DB4e is optimized for use in the new post 2009 UHF band and so has more gain on the lower channels than the previous DB4)
If you are interested in either WYTV or WYFX, go with an Antennas Direct XG91 or Winegard HD9032 instead of a 4-bay antenna. 2) A single antenna with rotator. This can work well for a single TV. It gets frustrating for views who don't have control of the antenna rotator. The Winegard ...7694 or larger would be my choice. Re. a rotator, the NTE U-106 plus the TB-105 thrust bearing is a strong consumer grade rotator system.
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If the well is dry and you don't see rain on the horizon, you'll need to dig the hole deeper. (If the antenna can't get the job done, an amp won't fix it.)
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Last edited by GroundUrMast; 19-Dec-2011 at 7:35 PM.
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