Well, thanks for all the suggestions. First, here's my history with the antenna... I'm in suburbia, with several big trees in the direction of Baltimore.
First, they had the Stealth one installed without amp. Today, he moved it to the other side of the house, with the same results. I could not get them to use the amp or to run a seperate line for the antenna (I tried with several different installers).
So now I have an 8800. I think he pointed it the wrong direction as well. (he has the big side pointed towards Baltimore, and the bow-tie side pointeed away).
Also, we have aluminum siding, so no indoor/attic antenna will work. I've tried many. Closest I got was the Terk one that looks like a big white pole. But it had severe multi-path problems.
Heck, the installer said if I use DirecTV with an antenna, that I could get the local channels in HD.
Well, I've got the uninstall date next Friday, and I can't wait to be done with it. After 2 bad installs, and 2 no-shows, I'll be glad its behind me.
-John
PS> Neither installer bothered to ground the antenna! Unbelievable!