I plan on taking the stacker down but I moved it all the way down the mast so there's a good 4 feet separation between the two antennas. Right now seems like a perfect day to see if there's a difference. 101.1 is perfect / slightly staticky at times and after moving the stacker all the way down, it didn't seem to change. Some days all Detroit stations come in 100% clear but today seems to be a bad day. 88.7 is still good though.
I compared tv stations between the two antennas too. All often UHF stations are 100% with the stacker and mostly in the mid 70s to 80s on the FM6, which is to be expected because it's not a UHF antenna. The fm6 gets stations from the opposite direction though so doing a channel scan with the fm6 resulted in 4 more channels. VHF tv is a little better on the stater too but it also has a pre amp and it aimed more for VHF high band.
I bought another FM6, we'll see what that does.
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