Ken S. Tucker wrote:

...
It's not a troll. I bought a fair good UHF-VHF antenna,
assembled it and sat it on a saw horse in the driveway
for test, and it tested perfect for 3 channels + ch.34 .
So I set her up using a roof mount and LOST ch.34,
and no amount of rotating got it back.
(I was a pro antenna/tower installer as a kid).

Next I'm going to tape wire on 1/8" panelling and do
experiments ... ugh, I hate trial and error.
Ken

OK brother, you may not be what I accuse you of ...

But darn, the antenna you bought was designed with certain parameters in
mind ... I would seriously doubt you are going to vastly increase
performance with the route(s) you have described here ...

Sorry if I made a joke. But, my advise to you would be, if you saved
your receipt, take it back! DON'T HACK THE ANTENNA!

Chat with buddies or someone who has had better experience(s) (or,
varied experiences) with a better antenna, one which would serve you better.

Without expensive instrumentation and experience of years of
experimenting, it is hard to accomplish what I perceive your goals to be ...

I would never say anything is impossible, just what I feel is the best
advise I can provide you with in hoping for your best success.

Wish you the best,
JS