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That thread is quite a read! I still haven't read all of it, but I have already learned of a useful new tool. By going into the device diagnostics screen of the Tivo, I can see more detailed information on the signal strength. Also, this screen updates WAY more quickly. At the normal tuning test screens, I will move the antenna and need to wait 5 or 10 seconds for the displayed strength to adjust. From the diagnostics screen, I can move the antenna around and the numbers float around until I stop moving it. I only spent a little while playing with that before bed last night, but I managed to get KRCW 33 up to around 50% strength and viewable. Unfortunately, you can not change channels from the diagnostics screen, so I did not notice until a little while later that this move had cost me all of my VHF channels. Regardless, having a quicker way to measure signals should make the "antenna shuffle" quite a bit more productive.
Rabbit: Regarding a preamp in my scenario... A little bit of reading, it sounds like the main difference between an amp and a preamp is ultimately the quality and the amount of noise that it introduces? Is that correct?
While I had been using a 100' coax when doing my further afield tests, do you think that I would get much out of a preamp in my normal scenario? Right now, I have a 6' coax from the antenna to the FM trap, and a 3' coax from the trap to the tuner.
Assuming this turns out, down the road I would be connecting the antenna to the house wiring, and I very much expect an amp could come into play. But before I spend on amps other than the little ones (that came with the prior two antennas) that I have already been testing with, I wanted to ask.
Thank you!
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