[chris1379]

I didn't know WOUL was that close! I think the tower in the distance is theirs. That means it's directly in line with all of the TV stations we want. I guess we are all supposed to support our poor starving (Time Warner) cable company.

I'll try the HLSJ and try to find a ground. The power lines are on the opposite corner of the house but there might be a copper water pipe. The FM stations would also explain why I can't use an amplifier at all. The Radio Shack amp even has an FM trap but that doesn't work. That same amp helped with rabbit ears.

Back to the antenna, a half wave dipole on CH 13 is 26 inches total, right? That's 13 inches per element, right? That would make this one a full wave at 13 if the elements are 26 inches each and 52 total, right?

Thanks for everyone's help. I'll update with progress.