Thank you so much hellbound. I may have found my sweet spot as best as I could this evening. I went up the ladder in the heat and took the iPad out with me to rescan and avoid so much up/down and in/out. I have CBS in green. Did lose strength on NBC as expected but also on PBS. I can live with it. I figured out that the app was faulty a while ago. I was looking out the garage door which faces west and pointing that way and CBS was getting worse but NBC to the east is better. Pushing the antenna further North (slightly west on Google Map) and more in line with the North face of the garage brought in CBS better. Beyond me.
Yes it is pretty flat down here as well as still very hot and humid. Luckily all one story homes around here and I am on a slightly higher spot than some. I may see about a stronger multi-directional if need be. I would have preferred the antenna be in a different part of the house closer to the TV but I have to work with what I got.
Best time for any outdoor or attic activity here is morning which is also when the signal are the strongest.
The Channel Master has the splitter with the power cord going to a plug and a second coax that feeds the signal to the TV or Tablo. I will hook it back to the TV tomorrow (minus second amp) sometime and rescan there to see what my strengths look like. I do miss that on the Tablo. Numbers work better for me than colored dots. Not a complaint just me.
The shortest RG6 I could find before I assembled the Clearstream 2 was 6 foot. Since the first step of that assembly is to feed the coax through the back of the antenna to the connection point on the antenna and tighten, fixing that will mean taking the antenna down and apart. The Channel Master amp (only 16 amps not 30 boy was I ripped off) is attached to the end of the 6 foot. The coax to the house is on the output side of the Channel Master.
I do have to say I am impressed with the recordings. Even the one from CBS last night which was somewhat pixelated in places was great.
CatJas