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I'm in the process of trying to ditch Directv. I found an antenna already in my attic and am using that for the vhf and a homemade antenna for the uhf and have the signals combined with a uvsj. The vhf antenna points approximately NNW and the uhf antenna faces that direction as well.
Currently it's a straight shot with a couple of barrel connectors to the wall plate that feeds a HTPC. The total run is around 100 ft of quad shield RG6. I plan to add 1 or 2 more tv's, at least, in the near future.
This is actually working out great for the most part. The only issues I seem to have is that Fox, the CW, and Ion like to cut out randomly for a few seconds. I probably won't be watching Ion too much so I don't know how often it does it on that channel. Fox will do it maybe every 5 minutes or maybe every hour, but CW is much worse and will do it every couple of minutes for a much longer period of time. Both of those channels are important.
What are my options to improve my reception on those two channels? Keep in mind, I will not be mounting an antenna on the roof at this time. If I've left out any other details that are needed, let me know.
Thanks in advance.