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Do I have the correct antenna?
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No, but perhaps half of the correct system.
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Should I have gotten the Winegard HD8200U instead?
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Goodness, no, although it *could* be used. You just don't need all that excess aluminum for low-VHF up in the air.
The glaring problem is that you have a UHF antenna and are expecting it to pick up weak high-VHF signals. 8-bay UHF antennas often pick up high-VHF at very odd angles since they are not engineered for VHF reception.
The simplest solution is to add a high-VHF antenna to the 8-bay UHF antenna. Otherwise, start over with a medium to long range high-VHF combo.
Pick your pre-amp with care. Your proximity to your local channel 8 will put some pre-amps into gain compression.