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Thanks for digging this up John...read thru most of the info
I knew for certain the mast was obviously broken...reinstalled a new one per the instructions here...disassembled the box for the antenna, poked around finally got out the circuit board and looked at the back..it was all black..made a guess that it was bad
replaced the board with a new JY find..and wha la...my antenna works!!!! WOOOOHOOOO.....thanks for all the great info...I love this place!!