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Originally Posted by cheelito
... but I'm having trouble with the following ones: 25, 47 & 24.1. which would be nice to have...
...I installed the antenna at 8 feet above the ground
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You are losing a ton of signal by having the antenna so low.
There is no analog channel on RF25 in DC. If you search the FCC for wzdc, there is a license for a digital station on RF25.
http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=wzdc So if you want analog 25, it does not exist. If you want digital 25, you probably need your antenna higher to get it.
If you want analog 47, call WMDO and see if the signal is on the air. WMDO is in digital on RF 8; if you can’t get the signal on RF8, you need more height and may need a better tuner to lock on to the LP signal stuck between two full power signals on RF7 and RF9. If the analog signal is on the air, you need more height to get it, low power analog signals do not go far. The FCC service contour for WMDO-CA analog RF 47 only goes about 8 miles in your direction, so reception at your location is not protected. Additionally, WBFF is a full power station on RF 46, and your antenna has a very wide pick up pattern, so that may be hurting reception of channel 47. If you want analog 47, I would guess you need more height and a more directional antenna.
Virtual 24.1, WUTB, real 41, is in a completely different direction from where your antenna is aimed. To get it reliably you would probably need a more directional antenna mounted higher aimed at Baltimore.
You are in a great location for TV reception. If you figured out what channels you wanted it would be straight forward to design a system to get them reliably.