For background I am not a newbie. I sought and received help a couple years back with setting up my first OTA in the same general area. I installed a Winegard HD7697p then added a winegard preamp AP-8275 (model # from memory) approximately a mile from my new location. I had a pretty darn good signal then with minor intermittent dropout on these important to me channels; CBS & NBC.
I am approx 1 mile southwest of my prior location. In my test set ups so far I get 107 channels. First test failed to get ABC. Second location a few feet higher (currently at approx 20 feet) and 6 feet to left now gets ABC (7.1 rf 7) but reception of CBS (2.1 rf 43) is not improved. Most of the time it's offline. My goal is 97% up time on this channel as well as NBC (4.1 rf 36) My tvfool report:
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...ec2f10f6a30876 shows 2.1 at dbm -97.9 . My former install had a dbm of -101 and I had very good reception of CBS.
My new location has a tree about 50-60 ft to the front right of my antenna test location. I can clear part of it if I go higher. I can also move to roof mount that would clear it completely from my 288 degree magnetic aim. I'd like to not roof mount for a few reasons. I will test it soon though.
All feedback appreciated. For instance, does anyone have experience with
http://www.kitztech.com/ ultimate preamp? Do you think adding a UHF DB8 antenna to my Winegard setup would get better reception of CBS & NBC?