First make sure you are looking in the proper direction, As I recall (Jacksonville shows up on my station finder) you have a few down there, Likely on the north side of town. (Wings should point east and west for north)
If you have added the wingman, it points toward stations.
Now, make sure amplifer has power, this is a two part job
If you have the famous wall plate with the switch, light, 12 volt outlet and antenna jack light must be on
Box of many buttons Light must be on and ANT selected for the TV you are using.
TELEVISION must be a modern Wide Screen, older CRT jobs and Sqauarish screen TVs can not receive modern Digital TV (Over the air kind).
Tell TV to scan, if it finds a channel pick it and go to signal strength, slowly rotate antenna to peak.. GENERALLY transmitters are grouped, I'm too far away from jacksonville to be sure (LIke 90 miles) but generally they are grouped.
If all else fails, I can make a house call but that's 180 miles at 25mpg so I'd need to be paid.
Final test, requires two people or one with a lot of energery
Turn off antenna (Turn off power on Box of many buttons or turn off switch on wall plate)
Go topside with a volt meter and disconnect cable from antenna.
Carefully hook probes of meter (I use one jumper cable) to the center wire (Red, Positive) and shell (Nut) black, negative, Set meter to DC volts, 15 or 20 volt range (Depends on meter)
Have partner turn it on.. DO YOU HAVE battery voltage? YES, good, Turn off and re-connect, NO, you have a cable or switch issue.
(NOTE sometimes re-connecting fixes it).
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