VHF dipole kit received and installed!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU AntennasDirect Customer Service for your stellar help with this.
The kit solved the problem and now I am getting VHF channels 7 & 12 (stations KGO & KNTV). I added a 6' conduit into my my j-mount (40" j-mount @ 1 1/2" diameter with a 72" conduit @ 1 1/4") giving my antenna some lift into the air. This helped with some UHF channels which were dropping on occasion.
Thank you to everyone for all your assistance with resolving this issue. People like you seem rare to find these days with all the flaming people do on message boards. It's nice to find people who actually want to help other without insulting them or expecting things in return.
