Hi,I thank everyone for replying.
Haven't figured out how to use the previous comment feature so bear with me.
Rabbit73 I see 2 ground wires going down to the ground from the grounding block. Are they connected to a grounding rod there, or to the house electrical system ground?
Fool82Correct, there are 2 ground wires.One from the antenna j-arm with a ground wire on the coax. And a much larger copper wire from the ground block into a stand alone ground rod. People have previously told me I have a ground loop situation. It's not practical or affordable to dig and run a large gauge copper wire from my electrical panel ground rod to this ground rod. Also most Home Insurance companies recommend to not bond an antenna ground rod to the elecrical panel ground rod to avoid catastrophic failure of all electrical appliances within the home in the event of a lightning strike.
Rabbit73 Antennas Direct is very good about replacement parts; maybe they will send you one if needed.
Fool82 Perhaps it was my fault for never calling them after I initially broke the Clear Stream 5. But it was clearly stated in the warranty that it is voided when a customer takes apart the antenna and I had done so before bothering to read the warranty. Perhaps a bad assumption on my part, but I assumed all they would have done is replaced the entire antenna instead of just sending a replacement circuit board that was needed.
Rabbit73 I think you need a preamp at the antenna first before adding a distribution amp. It will improve the system noise figure and make the signals stronger before the coax downlead loss.
Fool82I've tried an RCA Pre-Amp. I was very disappointed with it and made up my mind to never pay $30.00 and buy another one to see if the first one was defective. I could shorten the coax slightly. But there isn't more then 1 feet of extra coax on my cable length, so I didn't feel it necessary.
http://www.amazon.com/RCA-TVPRAMP1R-...rds=RCA+Preamp
Rabbit73 What direction is the aim for your antennas? If it is on the south eave, it appears to be correct for Green Bay, but I need confirmation.
Fool82Correct I aimed the antennas toward Green Bay at approximately 34 degrees North East for the ClearStream 2.
rabbit73 The HBU33 has approx. the same gain as your two AD antennas, but in one package. You could mount it (with a preamp) facing Milwaukeen and use an A/B switch to select which antenna you want to avoid a rotator.
Fool82 I've read I would be facing antenna interference if I tried mounting multiple antennas in the same are. I've been tempted to experiment with it, but I know it's not necessary. I was curious if the HBU33 was more powerful then the Clearstream 2 and 5 combined.
Tower Guy I think that your choice of antennas is good as is your mounting location. I agree with rabbit that you need a preamp. I'd assume that the one that you tried was overloaded by FM, had too much gain, was faulty, or was installed wrong. I'd try a TVPRAMP-1R with the FM Trap on. You could also try an external FM trap between the VHF antenna and the VHF input of the preamp.
Fool82 I'm not familiar with the TVPRAMP-1R. I will look into the cost and effort to install it. The RCA Pre-Amp I tried last year I assume just simply was the wrong pre-amp to try or I received a defective one. There is a local Am/FM station I never considered could be causing interference. K107.1 FM and KFIZ 1450 A.M. The stations are only 3 miles from my home. I will have to look into a FM Trap.But I doubt just an external FM trap on the VHF antenna would be needed as the only VHF station broadcasting WLUK Fox 11 is coming in fine.