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Ok wizards. Got the antenna, picked up a 50 foot rg6 cable and went up on the roof for the install. The compass that was working on my phone stopped so I used the lines drawn from TVFOOLS antenna map checker and zoomed way in on google to my house so I could see exactly where to point it as a starting point.
I have the antenna about 20 feet up but there definitely are some trees that are in the line of sight pointing in that general direction. I was amazed at how many channels I picked up. Here are the issues I have ran into hoping for some advice so I can go about this the correct way.
1) Signal strength
I have a Pioneer pdp5060 tv and it has a signal strength meter from 0 -100. The most I am getting on any channel is 40. I only get pixelation on one of the channels I care about (CW forgot to add that one to the list but when it came up wife definitely wants that one). Will pre amp help this or do I need to just cut the tops of the trees off. They are in the back side of my lot.
2) Channel 17 (18.1) CW. This is the only channel that cuts in and out and the signal strength on it is 38ish. Should I just walk all around on the roof till i find a spot that it picks up?
Needless to say over all I am stoked if all the pictures always are good like this. Hooking up my HDhomerun tonight and gonna mess with that. Looking forward to your responses. Thank you so much all for your help and wisdom.
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