[kboy]

thanks to everybody for their help. i just got a digital tuner for my laptop and hooked it up to the ribbon running into the house and viola, i got the channels. the ribbon was initially hooked up to the lower antenna (got a couple channels, not all). then i ran just a couple random wires from the lower antenna to the upper one and all the channels in my area came in crystal clear - vhf and uhf. strange, eh? don't think i'll even have to adjust the antennas. that said, i think i probably should upgrade the ribbon wire to coax...correct? any ideas on the best way to connect the 2 antennas? should i run coax from one to the other or just keep the simple wire on there now (think it's speaker wire), since it seems to be working.

thanks again for all your help!