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Thanks for the help and suggestions. I had already cut the wires and drilled the holes in a scrap piece of 2 x 4, so 5 minutes of wiring and I got to try it out. Wow! I had bought a rabbit ear with a booster for $49 that picked up 10 channels only 5 were viewable. I took this back to the store and bought a signal transformer for $5. With the antenna I built I picked up 18 channels and all but one is viewable. This is without a reflector just sitting on my book shelf next to the TV. Today I will build a 9.5" whisker with 9" spacing and get a long enough piece of coax so I can temporarily mount it on the roof. I could not believe how easy this was to build and how well it worked. If anyone is on the fence please give it a try, all you need is some scrap wood, 6 coat hangers or some copper wire and some dry wall screws. Took me 30 minutes total but this included 10 minutes spent getting my stupid dog unstuck from under the shed. I will post the results of the bigger antenna tomorrow.
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