thing is whats good for him may not for you like he stitting just right on a high hill your in a low spot you got more tress around to deal with and same for power lines
thing I see from digital signal is it takes veary little to disrupt the signal
like say I could watch abc with out issue but if I stand I a certin part of the room I lose it until I move back where I was and its back fine and dandy
so far all I see is luck and a lot of antenna twisting and placements
like in one place I cant get nbc or fox move the antenna and I now get nbc and fox but lose daystar and cbs or how ever the combination works out
thing is I never had to deal with anything like I do when it was analog as I do now with this digital mess -if it rains = make adjustments or loose a channel - if the wind blows a certain way = make adjustments or loose a channel
like now everything in my area is coming in but PBS and the funny thing with that is it shows to be broadcasting off the same broadcast antenna as our local NBC station ??? so what gives with that??
maybe se what your local walmart offers on that Channel Master Advantage 100 type antenna try it out if no good just return it back to walmart for refund or trade for something else they got to try
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Channel-Master-CM3020-UHF-VHF-HDTV-FM-Antenna/42503546
wish I could tell you better but I got tired of throwing good money after bad and a 8 buck set of rabbit ears seems to do the best job gets all but that darn PBS