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Thanks for all the info.
Just crawled up into the "loft" where the antenna wiring and boxes reside. Vacuumed 1000s of ladybugs from the crank out window where the wires run to the antenna, and looked closely at the antenna.
What puzzles me is that this antenna could broadcast Channel 13 and its member stations beautifully for 2 years, and is now suddenly worse.
Also, that Channel 10 would sometimes broadcast during the first year, but no longer does.
This year's drop in signal happened when fall occurred, so not when a tree would spurt up, and when the leaves are off, and right after that odd "burst" of stations occurred.
So the antenna is wired to a box in the loft, with wires continuing out to the house, that I am assuming is an amplifier? Then, I look closely at the antenna. Installer used some old ugly pole to put it on, and then it has wires running into another box, about 3x5x1 attached to the bottom of the pole. This included cable type wires, along with thin (electrical? ground?) wires going into the box, and back out. Seems to be not the best kind of situation for a VERY weather burdened area.
Yesterday at Thanksgiving, brother suggested maybe it is the amplifier. The antenna itself seems secure and directed as it was before. I'm now thinking some kind of equipment failure. I would be happy just getting back Channel 13, but not having to pay $100s just to tweak the one channel. And actually their chief engineer wrote me back in response to my wondering about their transmitter. Believe most Albany channels are on the same transmitter location. And 13 and 23 almost right next to each other. So probably at this end...
Would love to just find out what is no longer working at this end. Otherwise, I'm going for something large. I have no "attic", just 2 crawl space lofts at either end. Finished wood ceiling inside - not putting the antenna there! ;-) And the loft I believe too short to adequately stand/direct a larger antenna.
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