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A 2' change in height may produce a significant change in signal quality. It's an often overlooked fix that may cost only a bit of time and effort.
When you click on the call sign of a station listed on your TV Fool report, a path profile is displayed. It's clear that you are in hilly or mountainous terrain which is blocking your line of sight to the north and south.
The CM3018 is quite a bit of antenna, but you need all the UHF gain you can get. It also has Low-VHF capability that serves no purpose at present. This includes FM reception which could be a potential source of interference. If I was in your situation, I'd likely end up with three antennas above my roof... and no rotator.
Aimed north would be an Antennas Direct DB8E and an Antennacraft Y10713 both connected to an RCA TVPRAMP1R set for separate UHF and VHF input.
Aimed south, I'd have another DB8E and TVPRAMP1R set for combined input or an Antennas Direct PA-18 if there are no strong FM signals nearby. This would cable separate of the north antenna array, terminating in a set top axillary tuner that connects to an auxiliary input of my TV.
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If the well is dry and you don't see rain on the horizon, you'll need to dig the hole deeper. (If the antenna can't get the job done, an amp won't fix it.)
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Last edited by GroundUrMast; 5-Sep-2014 at 4:31 PM.
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