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Originally Posted by Orion0485
I've been using the HDX1000 antenna for several months now with relative success. I am having issues with intermittent signal loss (most notably on 46.1).
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If this is a new install I'd check your work and check your aim. I like to use True azimuth not magnetic measures. Go to this site
http://itouchmap.com/latlong.html and you can zoom into your house and put way points on each corner of the wall the antenna is mounted on and record the Lat/Lon. Then go to this site
http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html and punch in the Lat/Lon numbers and it will calculate the direction of that wall. Once you know that, simple trig can figure out where the antenna should be aimed. I'd measure and calculate the current aim and then cheat toward the West 5 deg. to try and get a better signal for Fox, without knocking some other station out.
I am not familiar with your current antenna but can you disable or bypass the amp and see what you lose? You can't just unplug it or it becomes a giant insertion loss but if you can bypass it might be helpful to know what you are getting without the amp in the way. How many TVs are you driving with this antenna and how my feet of coax run?
Also, rerun your fool report and raise the elevation to 25ft and compare the results. I've installed antennas where I had to add as little as 3ft extension to a J-pole to get an antenna out of a dead spot or increase signal enough to fix a flaky station. I'd use the antenna you've got to experiment before rushing to throw another antenna up. The more you know the better chance you have of selecting the right antenna and/or addressing other possible causes.