DonMan
Well-Known Member
I'm at least 50 miles from the outskirts of Seattle, but we have crazy hills and some of the most turbulent and unpredictable skies in the country. Even radio is hit and miss. Spent a number of years running CB and ham and this region is just terrible for stable transmissions.
Getting irritated with my antenna for my local channels. I bought a GE bar that is supposedly amplified and I'm still having trouble consistently picking up my local ABCchanmel.
first thing I recommend is going to this site to see how far you actually are from the HD broadcast antenna:
AntennaWeb.org
You might be surprised to find out where they are. For instance, I live in the city, about a mile away from the local CBS channel's offices & antenna. Only that's just the old analog broadcast; the HD antenna is about 20 miles outside of town. For some reason most of the network HD antennas are in the same general area. I can pick those stations up most of the time. For some reason the NBC channel gives me problems, but I can normally get it if I power on my amplified antenna.