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Pretty humbling experience.
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Indeed!
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I had to dismount the 8-bay bowtie. I thought I would put it back inside at the spot in the corner next to the TV where I got good reception for channel 9, which is close to the spot in the earlier photo I posted.
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Were you using a preamp when you got good reception inside?
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Well the Stellar Labs did virtually nothing. Got a signal that was better at 140 degrees instead of 160, the actual position of the station, but the signal level (~30) was too low for a reliable picture.
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Were you using a preamp for that test?
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However, back inside with the 8-bay I have a pretty good signal (54 level, 98% quality).
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Were you using a preamp for that test?
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To make matters worse, so far I cannot get channel 24 (PBS) with the Stellar Labs antenna on the roof which I could with the smaller RCA751, but perhaps rotating will help. It may also be that this more directional antenna is more selective and has little or no gain in the UHF, so it's just a wind vane at this point.
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That is to be expected; the 30-2476 has little UHF gain.
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My conclusion so far is that diffraction over the hills has produced "hot" and "cold" spots and I just lucked out the first time. No joy following the traditional path. Much effort and expense for little gain (pardon the pun)
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Pun allowed; at least you haven't completely lost your sense of humor.
It doesn't make sense; something is missing.
Why would a UHF antenna inside pick up a VHF signal that a VHF antenna outside can't?
That doesn't compute.