If you want specific tips … consider just starting a new thread with as much detail about your setup as possible.
There is a pretty long discussion about premium components in this thread: Building a new receiver, this is going in a prime location - Suggestions for receiver/preamp/filter please
But checking the terrain limits against heywhatsthat is useful to get an idea of what’s possible.
A good description is: ADS-B is line of sight but you can see through clouds 
This can be pretty useful:
https://github.com/wiedehopf/tar1090#heywhatsthatcom-range-outline