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Rabbit:
Thank you for the thorough response!
You may well be right about trees. There are trees along the front of the house, and all my fiddling with the antenna on a broom out the window couldn't quite get above the tops of them. They're pretty much the same height as the house, although the tops of them are not very full.
I apologize for the channel number identification. I'm a bit thrown by the whole thing, myself. I'd always been used to whatever "number" you turn the TV to being the channel, so I'm still trying to get used to the current terminology. I'll list the real channels below, simply in the order that I am used to, with a few notes on their reception for me.
43 .1 .2 and .3 - KATU: I am able to get this channel fairly strongly (around 60), but invariably once I have gotten some of my "problem" channels to come in, this one disappears
40 .1 - KOIN: This one also comes in pretty well without a lot of effort. I get around 60 strength here as well, but that goes down a bit when trying to get the problem channels to come in. While I find a .2 and .3 variant with the same signal levels, there do not appear to be broadcasts on these channels
8 .1 .2 and .3 - KGW: These usually come in well whether or not I am working on the problem channels. Around 70 strength.
10 .1 .2 and .3 - KOPB: Also usually come in well, 65 to 75 strength.
12 .1 - KPTV: Seriously difficult time getting this one to come in reliably. This channel is a "problem" channel. My best results so far still only get it to around 55 strength, usually at the cost of channels 43 and/or 40.
33 - KRCW: Iffy all around. Similar results to channel 12.
30 - KPDX: Iffy all around, potentially the most problematic of them all.
I did try a pre-amp with the Cv2, but I don't feel like it is making much of a difference with this antenna. It did make a minor difference only when I was really going far afield with the broom handle experiment, using a 100' coax cable.
I went to the local hardware store today after seeing your response. Sadly, no FM trap, despite them having had about 30 different coax ends for self-install cabling, and quite a few splitters. If I don't find one local in the next day or so, I'll be ordering online. Fingers crossed that that may help out, and I thank you for the suggestion!
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