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Well I finally figured it out. I was browsing the internet last night about electrical interference and OTA. I stumbled into a thread where some were have aberrations in their signal with certain HDMI cables (i.e. maybe if a HTPC is plugged in and near the OTA cable). I then started researching firetv sticks and chromecast and found a similar issue as they have an HDMI port in the end of the stick.

Viola! The issue was my firetv stick. I unplugged it from the back of my TV and no more blips in my signal! As a side note on HDMI cables, those with ferrite cores on the end seemed to correct the issue.

Hopefully this helps someone out. In hind sight, I probably could have retained my old antenna, but I am getting more channels with the winegard. I now am going to try an HDMI adapter to see if moving the firetv away from the TV corrects this issue.