No he did not tell us which of the stations in the reception report he actually watches or cares about! Does he care about VHF, UHF, Both? Does he want the all the stations in the report including those not in green? Lots of questions to be answered! Are stations in both directions important?
I thought I did! I only care about receiving nbc, cbs, abc, and fox. All green stations on the chart. Both uhf and vhf. My antenna is on the second story of our house and pointed in the direction recommended by the chart. My biggest question is why I would have no problems at all for most of the year and have the same issue for a couple of months in the fall. Thanks
Here if the big LIE right from their antenna description: “This versatile antenna provides crystal-clear reception in city and rural areas up to 60+ miles away from broadcast towers.”
So all stations are full powered and less than 40 miles away AND within 5 degrees of each other.
With only two that are VHF-HI IND RF13 and TBN RF7 which you don’t care about…
Why does it work perfectly most of the year?
Why did it stop working well when the weather cooled?
Time of day?
No one can answer that. Unless you observed foliage dropping. Or metal contraction which moves the alignment… Or a crack in the antenna workings that could prevent contact.
From the picture it appears somewhat rural. Did you or your neighbors fire up a harvester/combine? Those can interfere.
From the report I didn’t see any interference from out of area stations broadcasting on the same RF. But perhaps you can expand the miles on the report and sort by RF?
Check your ‘Z Axis’. People adjust ‘up and down x / left and right y’. Joking but not joking 
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(Is the pole mount straight? How much weight is the mast carrying with 2 miles of contracting coax?)
I’m going to go out on a limb and say it’s the Autumn breeze through the trees rustling the existing or remaining leaves and limbs that’s causing the issue, in conjunction with a mediocre antenna for your location.
The real channels are included in his photo of his house and channels. The real channels are the ones in parentheses.
“My setup is: ClearStream 2V TV Antenna on 2nd story of house.” Is that inside, outside? Side of house or Roof?
I’ve been looking at the ABC and NBC channels for this area on RabbitEars.info and I notice that these antennae aren’t quite as tall (920’ to 1,194’) as those around my area (+1,600’). This probably has a negative impact on the distance that their reception contour reaches.
This is the NBC affiliate antenna at 920’ AGL.
At 1 megawatt and 37 miles from the transmitter?
That’s a 60 mile contour.
He would have to be in a valley.
Outside! I moved it to that location in Feb and had next to perfect reception until two weeks ago. Nothing changed but the season!
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On the roof? I’m in the get a bigger, better antenna camp myself.
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From wherever to outside, do you have a clear one of site to where the towers are located? Or are there peaks and valley in the path. As Carbon Compound mentioned atmosphere can affect signal path, so can peaks and valleys.
The TVFOOL report he showed is NO GOOD! TVFOOL has not been updated for years and is fraught with issues and errors! It is not reliable to use for anything!
I got that report from antennas direct. Pretty much the same repot I got from antenna point. Just trying to wrap my head around the fact that my system works all year until the fall. I appreciate all ideas and thoughts on this issue.
Lenlabnj we already established that a dozen posts back.
This is a Rabbitears.info screenshot that he posted.
Okay thanks my mistake. That being said I can say with utmost confidence that while a decent report Rabbit Ears is also fraught with issues and should not be taken as the perfect guide to your particular reception location. For me it is also not accurate! I would say more like 80% . Useful as a guide.
So which publicly available website do you recommend for obtaining TV station information?
Not saying not to use Rabbit Ears. Just saying it needs to be used with the understanding that it is NOT 100% accurate for a particular situation. I use it but also use other sites too.
The guy that maintains the FCC website is the webmaster for Rabbitears. Just FYI.
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So Bob no one can definitely determine why you lose signal in the autumn and it comes back in winter/January. Just install it well away from trees and clear well above the roofline.
But your antenna is really too small for your needs.
I’m old fashioned and like the stupid ugly antennas that works forward and can pick up signals on the back side also.
Shop wherever you like but longer elements on the antenna perform better. Almost none support VHF-LO (RF2-RF6) but nearly all will pickup VHF-HI (RF7-RF13)… The rest is UHF.
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