Thanks for all the feedback.
I live in an apartment building so with no practical access to the roof & being limited to the area I can reach outside my window this where I chose to mount:
I realize that mounting outside window is discouraged & less than ideal but in this situation those are the limitations I have to work within.
I've considered placing an antenna on the back wall pointing due East for Toledo & dedicating the DB4e to Detroit channels but after mulling it around a lot I think due to blockage (trees, houses & power lines), the mess of running a cable from my bedroom across my kitchen & extra cost it wouldn't be worth it.
I got a FM filter the day of my last post & "so far" I think it may have helped 11, the little time I've watched this week has been stable.
I have found that in this placement these are the most effective pointing positions:
It may not look like it from the areal shot but the Toledo position is about clearest path for this location, the Detroit one has a lot more blockage than seen in the picture & for this reason sometimes Detroit come in as good if not better in the Toledo position.
ADTech: WLMB is not a big deal to me & I was speaking of WXYZ-TV 41/7.1
http://www.antennapoint.com/antennas...&commit=Search
not WXYZ-TV 7/2.1 the latter has not been seen that often for obvious reasons but the former (with 1000.0 kW of power) is very regular even during the day.
I considered the kit but frankly it seemed like a lot to pay for essentially a pair of striped down rabbit ears + with the mount it would largely inhibit the swing range of the antenna & wouldn't allow for the Toledo position. As is I'm hoping the FM Trap has resolved the 11 issue, time will tell.
Right now 24 (NBC) is the major PITA, during late-night (which should generally be prime signal hour) I can hardly watch Leno w/o regular pixelation, in the last couple nights I've taken to toggling between 24 & WDIV-TV 45/4.1 which "sometimes" seems better, given probably to the fact that its the 2nd strongest transmitter in Detroit. I'm seriously considering the CPA-19 in hope I could stabilize WDIV-TV & just give up on 24 if needed. I don't know if this is unreasonable but I'm a 3rd shifter so my viewing hours are more ideal. I would also like to get ION stabilized which is a bit more of a stretch but I've been very impressed with the range of DB4e on good night I've reached as far East as Buffalo NY (the straight shoot across Lake Erie make this possible I'm sure) & as far north as Jackson, I've peaked (though rare) at about 47 channels.