in city indoor antenna reception with dropouts.. VPI bricks under help.. WHY?

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I live in an apt building on the second of 3 floors. I have NO direct line of sight to the transmitter towers. I get a lot of dropouts on over the air digital TV. (the signal strength fluctuates from 98% down to 40%/25% and back very quickly, and the TV screen goes blank under about 50%. Different times of day, and different indoor antenna positions just change which channels do it!!
I have tried adding major mass under the antenna (2 old VPI 'bricks: steel plates in a wooden box) and it helps stop the dropouts.
I want to know why?
I still loose a few channels depending on the antenna position, but at least the dropouts have gone away (for the most part)

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Topic - in city indoor antenna reception with dropouts.. VPI bricks under help.. WHY? - Elizabeth 12:53:03 02/11/10 (4)

replace the vpi bricks with steel cables - jeromelang 21:57:29 02/16/10 (0)

RE: in city indoor antenna reception with dropouts.. VPI bricks under help.. WHY? - Russell 08:42:54 02/12/10 (1)

RE: in city indoor antenna reception with dropouts.. VPI bricks under help.. WHY? - Ben Van Dyk 09:56:40 02/12/10 (0)

RE: in city indoor antenna reception with dropouts.. VPI bricks under help.. WHY? - cfraser 15:12:49 02/11/10 (0)

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