If I was wrong, I apologize. It just seems to me that if I were posting a request for information like you did, and someone who lived less than a mile away took the time to reply to that person's specific issue, I might at least reply with a "thanks for the info, keep me posted." or something that showed a little bit of interest, even if towards a "newbie" like myself. I construed your reply as "newbie patronization", and if you assert that that is truly not the case, then I honestly apologize to you. I spent alot of time lurking and exchanging PM's on this forum before jumping in the posting pool. With the vast amount of technical knowledge on this board the prospect of a "first post", especially if not in the form of a question, caa be a bit intimidating, so I was excited to be able to share some of my own feedback on a subject I had first hand experience with.
I was on a bit of an emotional roller coaster yesterday, having spent alot of time and money on this HD setup, thinking I had done all of the right research and then realizing that I had not, and that for all of my efforts and money I wouldn't get my OTA locals.
FWIW, since yesterday my little channel master loop has managed to pull in KNBC, KTTV, KTLA, and KMEX but never more than one at a time. I confirmed that my installer had used a Weingard directional antenna without a preamp. He is coming out to work on it some more so we'll see where things go.
peace, Daniel