[chris1379]

I did some testing today. I tried an indoor matching transformer that I believe is good and got the same results. I swapped coax also. While I was out there, I took a picture looking the direction of most of the stations. The antenna is higher than the huge bush by the sidewalk. The hill is probably my biggest issue. I believe the tower across the street is the college TV station uplink. Another possible concern is the local FM station. It's not very powerful but a cheap radio will pick it up all the way across the dial.

As for the antenna, is there a way to modify the VHF section so it works better on channel 13? I believe 13 inch elements would be a half-wave dipole. The live elements on the antenna are 6, 26, 38, and 48 inches. That's not exact because its cold and dark out but close. It seems to me that with 13 being the lowest channel, I don't need any elements longer than 13 inches.