No Static: Yes, it looks more like that, than the Winegard that GroundUr showed me. The rods at the back of the antenna are all the same length however, and two on one side and one on the other are either pointing down or curved...possible bird damage? The front aspect looks similar but I think the rods holding the short cross pieces are shorter and maybe have a smaller angle between them. Have I confused you enough?
GrohndUR: thanks for the tips. We do pick up ABC in the Winter (also PBS) so I realize that a clearer path (atmosphere) from my house to the Albany area makes a big difference. I've checked with a Dish person who used to do antenna work, but he is so busy with his present job he has no time to work on this. Am now contacting my Hughes.net installer to see if he would help. Since I'm an old geezer I hate to get up on the roof, but may try that if all else fails. Maybe I could pop those bent rods back into place or straighten them out?
A tower installation is probably out of the question. We are not big TV watchers and if we were to get the major networks and PBS we would be satisfied. It's a real pain recalibrating the 2 TV's all the time, (one of which takes forever) but maybe that's all we can do. Who ever thought the gov't would take away our rights to pick up the major stations by going digital?
Just can't figure why NBC dropped out of sight after all these years?