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[QUOTE=&quot;IAW, post: 214204, member: 106926&quot;]Am I wasting my time and money or is there a solution?I am located east of Pittsburgh and installed a GE Pro Outdoor antenna about 18’ high in early spring.&nbsp; Prior to the permanent mount I verified that I was able to pick up the major stations including ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox &amp; PBS.&nbsp; The location is at the base of a hill covered with trees in line with the 265 deg heading pointing toward the closest towers that gave me the best signals with a fixed position of the antenna.&nbsp;&nbsp; After the leaves came into full bloom I lost WQED (PBS) broadcasting on VHF 13.&nbsp; This station will repack to VHF 4 soon and to complicate matters is not in the TV Fool Database anymore.&nbsp; The UHF stations will fade in and out with rainy and windy conditions.&nbsp; I can reposition the current antenna back to the south and achieve stronger signals from repeat towers but lose one or two of the majors in the process. Without a reliable signal with a fixed position antenna, OTA dvr’s don't work well.I have come to the conclusion that buying an antenna with the highest gain may be the only chance for my location.&nbsp; I am considering the <a href="https://www.channelmaster.com/Masterpiece_Digital_HDTV_Antenna_p/cm-5020.htm">Channel Master CM-5020</a> mounted at the top of the chimney about 26’ off of ground with a 265 deg heading.&nbsp; This antenna will at least receive WQED (PBS) after they repack to VHF 4.&nbsp; I can only guess at the gain for the current antenna (very low) with no specs to be found other that the 70+ mile range listed on the box, a poor choice in retrospect for my location.After looking at contour plots in line with the towers I would stop and just keep Satillite, however the TV Fool radar plot and the fact that I had a decent signal prior to the leaves says otherwise.Thanks for any advice you can offer.&nbsp; I guess I am starting to understand more about how the TV cable industry grew out of this area.Irv<a href="http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&amp;Itemid=29&amp;q=id%3d90387fac552aff">TV Fool report</a><a href="https://www.rabbitears.info/tvq.php?request=items&amp;city=Pittsburgh&amp;state=PA&amp;call=&amp;facid=&amp;appid=&amp;serv=&amp;status=&amp;chlo=2&amp;chhi=69&amp;vchlo=2&amp;vchhi=61&amp;auth=&amp;apparn=&amp;owner=&amp;party=&amp;ant=&amp;antpol=&amp;antmak=&amp;antmod=&amp;mktid=29&amp;sort=0&amp;arch=&amp;expet=">RabbitEars&nbsp; info – Pittsburgh Market</a> for WQED 13 PBS tower (located about 17.5 mile away)[ATTACH]4198[/ATTACH][ATTACH]4197[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="IAW, post: 214204, member: 106926"]Am I wasting my time and money or is there a solution? I am located east of Pittsburgh and installed a GE Pro Outdoor antenna about 18’ high in early spring. Prior to the permanent mount I verified that I was able to pick up the major stations including ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox & PBS. The location is at the base of a hill covered with trees in line with the 265 deg heading pointing toward the closest towers that gave me the best signals with a fixed position of the antenna. After the leaves came into full bloom I lost WQED (PBS) broadcasting on VHF 13. This station will repack to VHF 4 soon and to complicate matters is not in the TV Fool Database anymore. The UHF stations will fade in and out with rainy and windy conditions. I can reposition the current antenna back to the south and achieve stronger signals from repeat towers but lose one or two of the majors in the process. Without a reliable signal with a fixed position antenna, OTA dvr’s don't work well. I have come to the conclusion that buying an antenna with the highest gain may be the only chance for my location. I am considering the [URL='https://www.channelmaster.com/Masterpiece_Digital_HDTV_Antenna_p/cm-5020.htm']Channel Master CM-5020[/URL] mounted at the top of the chimney about 26’ off of ground with a 265 deg heading. This antenna will at least receive WQED (PBS) after they repack to VHF 4. I can only guess at the gain for the current antenna (very low) with no specs to be found other that the 70+ mile range listed on the box, a poor choice in retrospect for my location. After looking at contour plots in line with the towers I would stop and just keep Satillite, however the TV Fool radar plot and the fact that I had a decent signal prior to the leaves says otherwise. Thanks for any advice you can offer. I guess I am starting to understand more about how the TV cable industry grew out of this area. Irv [URL='http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3d90387fac552aff']TV Fool report[/URL] [URL='https://www.rabbitears.info/tvq.php?request=items&city=Pittsburgh&state=PA&call=&facid=&appid=&serv=&status=&chlo=2&chhi=69&vchlo=2&vchhi=61&auth=&apparn=&owner=&party=&ant=&antpol=&antmak=&antmod=&mktid=29&sort=0&arch=&expet=']RabbitEars info – Pittsburgh Market[/URL] for WQED 13 PBS tower (located about 17.5 mile away) [ATTACH]4198[/ATTACH][ATTACH]4197[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]

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