...but I'll certainly appreciate help from anyone who has it to give!!! 
I currently have a Stealth antenna which does pull in all the local stations that I can receive (below) except two I'm not yet mapped for. That information comes from antennaweb.com. The picture on most of my channels is WOW when I can get and lock a signal.
The problem is that I frequently get the "No Signal" message or I'll get a good signal but then it starts to pixelize, and/or the sound drops out, and/or the picture freezes and then the "No Signal" message comes up. VOOM is planning to upgrade my antenna with a DB8, apparently manufactured by Schneider. Have had two installers--El Jerko first, and now Good Guy, who seems competent and professional, but he's never installed this antenna before. He's getting ready to install one in Citrus Heights, and will give me his opinion after the install, but does anyone here have any knowledge or opinion of this antenna?
I don't know much about all this stuff --I'm trying hard to learn, but my brain is about to burst right now, and I just want to get and keep a good picture on High Def programs (which I usually have with VOOM channels, and sometimes have on the locals at this point) without sacrificing my ability to to receive SD programs broadcast locally.
Since we have VHF channels (in the low range) as well as UHF, I wonder if the DB8 is the right choice. My prior investigation indicated it might be a Channel Master 4248 or a Winegard...forget which number...but it was for a deep fringe area...amplified I think.
I live in a slight depression (not an actual valley) and there are lots of mature trees in the neighborhood.
Do you think the DB8 will solve my problems, or do you have any another recommendations?
DTV Antenna Type, Call Sign, Channel, Network, Miles From,Freq Assignment
I apologize for the way this looks...I previewed it before posting and did all I could think of to make it legible (short of typing it in by hand, which I'm too tired right now to do), but nothing seems to work.
It looks like a beautiful little table in the reply box and then turns out the mess you see above! Hope you can still interpret the info and have some input. Thanks in advance for any help you have to offer!
Vicki
Moderator edit: I cleaned it up for you, let me know if you don't like it-wasch_24
I currently have a Stealth antenna which does pull in all the local stations that I can receive (below) except two I'm not yet mapped for. That information comes from antennaweb.com. The picture on most of my channels is WOW when I can get and lock a signal.
The problem is that I frequently get the "No Signal" message or I'll get a good signal but then it starts to pixelize, and/or the sound drops out, and/or the picture freezes and then the "No Signal" message comes up. VOOM is planning to upgrade my antenna with a DB8, apparently manufactured by Schneider. Have had two installers--El Jerko first, and now Good Guy, who seems competent and professional, but he's never installed this antenna before. He's getting ready to install one in Citrus Heights, and will give me his opinion after the install, but does anyone here have any knowledge or opinion of this antenna?
I don't know much about all this stuff
--I'm trying hard to learn, but my brain is about to burst right now, and I just want to get and keep a good picture on High Def programs (which I usually have with VOOM channels, and sometimes have on the locals at this point) without sacrificing my ability to to receive SD programs broadcast locally. Since we have VHF channels (in the low range) as well as UHF, I wonder if the DB8 is the right choice. My prior investigation indicated it might be a Channel Master 4248 or a Winegard...forget which number...but it was for a deep fringe area...amplified I think.
I live in a slight depression (not an actual valley) and there are lots of mature trees in the neighborhood.
Do you think the DB8 will solve my problems, or do you have any another recommendations?
DTV Antenna Type, Call Sign, Channel, Network, Miles From,Freq Assignment
- red - vhf......KXTV..........10.........ABC.......40.9.......10
- red - uhf......KXTV-DT.....10.1......ABC........40.9.......61
- red - uhf......KTXL..........40.........FOX........39.........40
- red - uhf......KTXL-DT.....40.1.......FOX.......39.........55
- red - uhf......KVIE-DT......6.1........PBS........39.........53
- red - uhf......KSPX..........29.........PAX........24.2.......29
- red - uhf......KSPX-DT.....48.........PAX........39.3.......48
- red - uhf......KQCA..........58.........WB........40.9........58
- red - uhf......KQCA-DT.....58.1......WB.........38.6.......46
- red - uhf......KMAX..........31........UPN........39.1.......31
- red - vhf......KOVR..........13.........CBS.......40.9.......13
- red - uhf......KOVR-DT.....13.1......CBS.......40.9........25
- red - uhf......KCRA-DT.....3.1........NBC........40.5.......35
- blue - vhf.....KCRA..........3..........NBC.........39.1.......3
- blue - uhf.....KRJR-LP.......41........DAY........13.7.......41
- blue - uhf.....KUVS..........19.........UNI.........54.9......19
- blue - vhf.....KVIE...........6...........PBS........39..........6
- violet - uhf...KMAX-DT.....31.1.......UPN.......39.1.......21
I apologize for the way this looks...I previewed it before posting and did all I could think of to make it legible (short of typing it in by hand, which I'm too tired right now to do), but nothing seems to work.
It looks like a beautiful little table in the reply box and then turns out the mess you see above! Hope you can still interpret the info and have some input. Thanks in advance for any help you have to offer! Vicki
Moderator edit: I cleaned it up for you, let me know if you don't like it-wasch_24
