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An update.
About one year ago severe storms passed through the area including several small tornados. There were several spruce trees uprooted and blown over in the neighborhood. My antenna mast bent at the top of the tripod until the antennas were in contact with the roof. I had a local antenna contractor replace the mast. I don't think he tightened the setscrews quite enough because the antennas later spun the mast in a relatively minor blow.
The corner reflector on the UHF antenna was damaged and the contractor discarded it. There was also part of the first director broken off.
I am finding that I have more than adequate gain on VHF, and am relocating the VHF antenna to the attic to reduce wind load. I am going to move the UHF antenna down a few feet for the same reason.
Overall the antenna has performed well and we've had television for under $1 a month.
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