datwell said:
... however, my OTA is really problematic. ...
doug,
What I find amazing is that our area is the sixth largest DMA in the nation and many of us are now in a situation wherein we cannot receive (digital) TV OTA to view network programming.
I live in Montgomery County. Residential area consisting of trees and two-story single-family homes. Nothing out of the norma for this area.
All of us on my street get "poor" digital OTA reception. "Poor" means that of the four major networks, only one station comes thru reliably. (WUSA - 9)
Fox (WTTG - 5 is viewable rarely during the summer and sometimes in the winter. (Presumably tree leaves accounting for the difference.) WRC - 4 and WJLA - 7 are not receivable during the summer and only rarely during the winter.
The OTA antennas on the street rum the full gammet from rabbit ears to directional antennas chimney mounted with a rotor. (Mine

)
I have peaked my reception with my rotor - there being a total of one degree in spread for the four stations.
I find it incredible that in a wealthy and large DMA such as DC that commercial networks are going to a broadcast system that will not allow a person in some areas of Falls Church, Montgomery and Fairfax Counties to receive and view their programming.
Adding to the sorry state of affairs is the fact that those of us using directional antennas do not easily receive PBS (WETA -26) digitally because of the need to rotate the antenna.