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Today I checked back my omnidirectional setup in the afternoon and it seems to have stabilized. All channels were stable between 3-4pm.
Then around 5pm the signals started to fluctuate on channel PBS 4 and NBC 17. A little while later I lost channel NBC 17 completely. At this time other channels were still OK.
It baffles me how NBC 17 @ 104 degree/20 miles is lost while CBS 5 (48) at exactly the same location and distance comes in OK (so do others in the same approximate location) ????
Later at 7pm all is well for all channels. I think that time of day and changing weather patterns affects HDTV transmissions.
I am coming to realize that HDTV transmission technology is all screwed up and has no level of consistency even when dealing with channels coming from the same approximate location and distance. It is disappointing how such poor "advanced" technology is allowed to be released to the public. They mus be hoping that most of us will have cable and will not realize how they pushed out a half baked technology to the people who do not subscribe to cable.
My 2 antenna solution produced decent results when I pointed one antenna to 104 degree and another to 270 degree. Each antenna alone produced a stronger signal for channels in its direction. When they were combined with a 3 way splitter, the over all signal strength dropped for all channels. For this reason I ventured to the omnidirectional solution to eliminate 2 antennas and the loss of signal strength.
My crusade to perfect this continues. Any advise and suggestions will be appreciated.
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