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Ok, went up on the roof last night, just beating out the incoming cold front and some light rain. Antenna is now horizontal, and I tried rotating it a couple of degrees in either direction to see if that would help with reception. Net result is I lost WETA and gained 0 additional channels.
Retested the signal strength early this morning before the sun came up since the clouds had gone away. Still no WETA, and I see some signal now for WTTG, but it has a lot of pixilation and stuttering, too much to be watchable.
Since Windows Media Center doesn't give a number for the signal, only colored bars, I don't know if I'm getting enough signal for WJLA, WDCA, and WDCW for a preamp to be helpful.
So now I'm looking to either add a preamp or get a tripod and move the antenna a bit higher. Not sure which will be the best way to go. Any thoughts or input would be appreciated. Won't be able to get back up on the roof until it warms up a bit, looking at the forecast, that may be a while.
If I were to go with a tripod, how does one walk the roof and find the best spot without impacting the reception of the antenna? I recall from my younger days just touching rabbit ears would often improve reception, and I wouldn't want to think I found a good spot just to see it become a bad spot once I'm no longer holding the mast or the antenna.
Thank you again for all the help getting me to this point, and for your insight into my next step.
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