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Had an accidental break through or coincidence, whichever way you want to look at it. I was still getting ifffy signal on fox, then a week ago, I went to relocate my surround sound receiver and a dvd player and noticed fox and all twenty channels have come in day or night and regardless of weather.

My neighbor had been getting 14 channels with a indoor mohu leaf unpowered deal, been trying to get them to make a four bay bowtie but they been reluctant. I came across a 18 dollar ANT-106 QFX antenna. Its has a 360 rotation and powered, but I dont care for either feature, Im a set it and forget it type, but anyway. I plugged it in, sat it on a 3 foot tall, off the ground with a house in the way, make shift mast and they get the channels I get, plus another one, kinda cool. Thing seems flimsy as can be, not sure how long it will last but it worked pretty well. I plan to permanently mount it to their eaves, edge of porch roof, directly to part of the antenna that would attach to the mast, so no real mast, They have a power strip that has a coaxial in and out surge protector deal, behind the tv, can I just use that as the ground or point of failure, should the antenna get hit with a little lightning?

Id still like to try the diy yagi for my tv, but temperatures are getting warmer and bigger outdoor projects are calling my name. Only thing that threw me about the diy yagi, is I couldnt find information on the oval part, driven element?? and how big that should be or if the outdoor balun I been using would work, think they are 300 to 75 ohm?

Thanks