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Success!!
I am thrilled to report that, when following your suggestion to bypass all of Dish's cabling just for test purposes, we have reception!!
After installing the bypass coax, autoscan revealed no reception. I didn't like my husband's assessment of 84 degrees, so I corrected that. We still didn't expect reception because the antenna visibly didn't look like it was pointed high enough to clear the hill to the east. But I ran autoscan anyway, and was very startled to have reception on five channels, four digital and one analog. Aside from the direction the antenna is pointed (the horizontal axis), we can't tilt it up anymore than it already is without some modification of the mast. At present, the antenna remains at 4' higher than the natural terrain, with an appearance of pointing into the hill!
The four digital channels are 26-1, 26-2, 5-1, & 5-2. 26 is Fox, and 5 is NBC. I don't understand why we have two Fox channels and 2 NBC channels, but more is better!! Channel 14, the analog channel, is a Spanish-language channel.
Steve, I will call you on Monday to discuss some other issues, but thank you so much for insisting that we test the cabling before giving up on the antenna. It's hard to believe that this petite little antenna is actually working. And, it's easy to get off track when there are so many variables.
Have a great weekend!
Marian
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