[DennisC]

As suggested by John Candle I attempted to move the reflector bars on my U8000 antenna. I was only able to turn them at a slight angle because they are hitting the horizontal frame bars. I did turn them as much as possible. I also raised the antenna about 8" to 10" as there was room to do that.

The reception increased drastically! Actually I am now picking up the 2 channels I could not get good signals on but I have added 7 or 8 additional channels (have not had time to identify all of them yet).

Would there be additional increase in signal strength if I drilled out the rivets holding the reflector bars and removed them? Of course I would store them in case they were needed in the future.

Thank you John for the suggestion
Dennis