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Clearing your roof-line is an excellent 'next step'.
There are two models in the Titan series. Is your a CM-7777 or CM-7778? The CM-7778 is a medium gain design that can tolerate the presence of some stronger signals. The CM-7777 is easily overloaded when a strong signal source is present. Your TV Fool report doesn't show any strong TV signals, but an FM station may be present. (You can use the FM Fool tool to investigate.) Both amplifiers include a switchable FM filter (trap). I would enable the FM filter unless I intended to use the antenna to receive FM and TV via one antenna or, if a signal on real CH-6 is present. (I normally suggest keeping TV and FM antenna systems separate and independent. The FM band and real CH-6 are adjacent frequencies and CH6 reception is often reduced when an FM filter is used.) On the CM-777X, the FM switch is accessed by removing the cover, so you may want to verify you have enabled the FM filter (to block most of the FM signal from entering the amplifier).
Is the CM-777X worth $60? Perhaps... But I am very impressed with the performance of my RCA TVPRAMP1R that was less than $30. The RCA is tolerant of stronger signals, has relatively low noise and distortion, includes a switchable FM filter, two inputs (one for UHF and the second for an optional separate VHF antenna) and enough gain to drive hundreds of feet of coax.
The bottom line is, if you have no strong signals present, either of the CM-777X models is a good choice from a technical perspective. If there are any strong signal sources, the CM-7777 would be at risk of overload and the CM-7778 or similar competing preamp would be a better option.
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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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