I haven't yet taken the advice of Rickster55 and hung my homemade antenna in the attic. It's too hot to go up there right now. However, now that the digital transition is complete, I stopped running my homemade antenna through the VCR. Instead I routed it directly into the TV and voila! My lost FOX station reappeared, crystal clear. I also picked up another station that I didn't know was available. However, our PBS signal is weak. The homemade antenna improves it, but it's not sharp like the other channels. I've still got some experimenting to do, but I'm glad I made the antenna. I didn't think it worked at first, but it does!