u/Complex-Package2781

My dad is trying to get a news channel that's about 53miles away and there's a mountain almost immediately in our backyard in that direction. We have two antennas between 20-30ft off the ground and the closest we can get to getting that channel in is a pixelated nightmare.

It used to come in somewhat reliably, but either a storm or the second antenna (My dad and I can't agree on which did it) killed the signal.

Our current antennas, at least according to Gemini, are better for VHF, so my parents want to replace one with a UHF antenna. I don't know exactly which one they have picked, I just know it's one Gemini picked. I wanted to ask for suggestions somewhere with people that know more than us, lol.

Now, I don't understand jack about antennas. I picked the one I bought because there were good reviews from multiple people in a similar situation to us. Mountains and trees in every direction, the first major city hours away. That's apparently good enough to get our local news and most other channels, but the channel my dad specifically wants (PCNC. It falls under WPXI) won't come in no matter how much he fiddles with our current setup. He even had us try basically chaining together multiple amplifiers, lol. Indoor antennas also aren't an option because the trailer built into the walls almost completely kills any signals coming into the house. (parents tried this multiple times, we even broke out the wire coat hangers and aluminum foil)

And we just found out that the towers on top the mountain that we thought were TV towers (that's what dad always told me they were) got turned into cell towers.

IDK which of these is more useful, so I'm going with both, lol.
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3dc08dc2139273aa

https://www.rabbitears.info/s/2806056

We live roughly 53 miles away, but Dad prefers Pittsburgh news over our local station because WPXI’s weather covers more than our local station does. Sometimes the antenna picks it up, 99% of the time it doesn’t. There’s an entire mountain right next door to us in Pittsburgh’s direction, but I can’t get dad to understand that the mountain AND the weather can mess with the signal. Or that I think WPXI is just a hair too far out of range.

Dad is driving us crazy cutting down trees and moving the antenna around trying to get WPXI to come in. We have the WPXI Now app, but he swears it’s NOT the same station or that it doesn’t work.

Is there ANYWHERE else I can try that streams WPXI news for free? We can’t afford any of live tv streaming services, but mom and I are ready to pull our hair out over this channel. Help. Please.

I haven't run into this issue before. Is this Swagbucks new way of saying the offer's reached its limit of how many users can download it for a day, or does it mean the offer is broke?

There's another site I use that gives me an "about:blank" page, which means the offer is broken for you and there's no way to fix it. I'm just wondering if this is the same thing, just different wording.

My dad keeps losing his sensor almost immediately after it gets put on, even with mom using glue and a cover patch to try to keep it on.

There was a patch that worked great to keep dad’s sensor on, but mom can’t seem to find it anymore. Mom compares the current patches to trying to use elmer’s glue.

Any recommendations on patches or advice on how to get these sensors to stay put would be appreciated.

Don’t know if it matters, but dad has the Freestyle Libre 3+