Signal Issues

[tryrrthg]

Hello everyone, I just bought my first HDTV and have been pulling in HD programming with a Winegard Antenna that I got for Christmas. I believe the model number is Winegard PR 7010 (http://www.winegard.com/offair/vhfuhf.htm). I have it in my attic pointed towards the major network towers. ABC, CBS and Fox all come in at 95-98%, but NBC is only 89% and recently it goes in and out quite often. The other night even Fox was having signal issues.

So did I get too big of an antenna? Should I have gotten a smaller multi-directional antenna, even though winegard's web site says that the light green antenna can do the job of a yellow and dark green...

OR does this have something to do with the weather we've been having recently (cloudy, windy, rainy)? It's getting really annoying that I live less than 5 or 6 miles from the towers and I've got this big antenna and it won't pick them up without issues.

I guess I should mention that I live in Clintonville and have a large tree across the street. It's probably right in the way of the signal, but I still get almost perfect signal out of all the major networks but NBC...

sorry for the rambling, I'm just a bit frustrated...

Thanks in advance for any replies!

[jchiso]

You did not mention your source, but anything that gets an 89% signal should give acceptable performance. It seems like the tuner is more likely the culprit. That being said, try replacing the antenna with an indoor type and see what kinds of numbers and how many channels you get.