In article , Rich Grise wrote:
My current UHF antenna is a 14" Radio Shack clip lead clipped from the
center of my coax to the venetian blind. I have to hand-adjust it
for the channel, weather conditions, phase of the moon, etc. I can
do this because I can _see_ an indication of signal strength.

I did the same thing and I was surprised how many digital chanels I got.
I was at a dollar store and saw the RCA UHF/VHF loop/ears for $5 and
that gave me considerable better reception.

greg