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Well, I feel like a bit of an idiot. Got the idea to try and hang the antenna out the window to see what would happen and noticed that the screen in the window was a metal mesh. Took that out and low and behold my signal levels went up on both of the UHF channels.
WSKG is still low but it's watchable now. These are the numbers I'm getting from my TiVo for all four channels:
WSKG (UHF 44): Signal meter 50 to 57, SNR: 22dB to 25dB
WIVT (UHF 34): Signal meter: 81 to 89, SNR: 31dB to 33dB
WICZ (VHF 8): Signal meter: 92, SNR: 34dB
WBNG (VHF 7): Signal meter: 94, SNR: 34dB
Still worried that I'll lose WSKG when the foliage comes out but I suppose I can't do anything but wait and see if it happens or not. If I do lose it I'll have to consider an outdoor antenna for the porch.
Wish I had caught onto the metal screen before I posted this and made three trips to the electronics store trying out different cables and amplifiers. I know better than that but didn't even notice the thing. What can you do?
Last edited by binghamton; 1-Mar-2011 at 10:44 PM.
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