Winegard 7697P UHF Director Orientation?

[tjw]

I recently installed a 7697P. It's working well except for my highest UHF channel (30) is weaker than I was expecting. When installing I noticed that all 4 UHF Directors seemed to have a different rotational orientation. Should the "wings" of the UHF director point straight up and down, or are they meant to be rotated a few degrees off of perpendicular to the main boom?

[winegard]

Good afternoon tjw -

It does not matter how the J shaped wings that are on the 2 long UHF directors point. The angle has no baring on how much signal is received.

If you would like to provide us with a bit more information including your zip code or private messaging me your full address we can run your situation by technical services and see if they have any recommendations.

[tjw]

It does not matter how the J shaped wings that are on the 2 long UHF directors point. The angle has no baring on how much signal is received.

Thank you for that information. I'm glad to hear I can stop climbing around on my roof

I was able to fix my issue with channel 30 this afternoon by cutting off a limb on the Black Walnut tree next to my house. Signal quality went from fluctuating between 30% and 70% to a more steady 75% to 85%. I'm not sure if it was just the fact that this is a higher frequency or if there was a particularly large branch in the way of the channel 30 tower, but my lower UHF channels were not effected and all the UHF towers are within 1 degree of rotation. Anyway, I'm very happy with the antenna.

[winegard]

tjw -

Glad to hear your problem seems to be solved. It's amazing what a small thing like a tree limb can do to television signal but we see it all the time.

Enjoy your free tv!