So appreciative of expertise to try to get this right.
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I'm only interested in the stations from the NW here. This is a cabin by a lake situation, and I'd really like to keep the antenna in the attic for aesthetic reasons.
I was surprised to find an existing antenna up there. It's an old gemini (philips?) vhf/uhf style antenna...boom length approx 8'. This past winter, I tried it with a digital usb ATSC tuner that's respectably sensitive connected via 15' of rg6, and I was able to consistently lock real channel 8 (PBS) which has like 4 multiplex stations. For brief periods, I was able to also lock 10, but not consistently at all.
Just recently I tried again, and was not able to lock anything at all. I'm hoping someone can tell me if it's a pipe dream to expect reception from a single story attic antenna there, at about 10' off the ground, about 15' over water level of the small lake that's also NW. I don't know how this lake terrain might affect matters, and I'm not sure why I lost my single station going from winter to spring unless it's humidity??
Ideally a single antenna would be great, of course, but I'd probably spring sepearte hi-vhf and uhf on a combiner if I had too.
I also wonder if anyone knows if a metal roof would interfere with the signal more than the current asphalt shingles even thought the line of sight from the antenna to the tower would not be going through the metal because of the roofline configuration. I'm not sure if the signal radiation/reception is a line of site kind of deal, or if some signal is also bounced from above?? I know that's a pretty esoteric question, but thought I'd throw it out as we need to update the roof it would affect the decision.
Anyway, specific antenna recommendation and insights for this remote spot are greatly appreciated!! Thanks much for any help.