A TV Antenna Or A Ray Gun?

We have a new TV antenna for the Crafty Cottage and George and Lisa's house.  Tim put it up two days ago and he has been tweaking it the last couple of days.  He is working very hard at getting the most channels we can.  We are located between two major cities so if we point the antenna one way we get the Tri-Cities Broadcast area and if we point it another way we get Knoxville broadcasting area.  The problem is one way or the other we still miss out on getting a couple of channels.  For instance, if we point the antenna one way we get most of the channels except NBC and if we go the other way we miss several other channels.  He is going to work with it again tomorrow to see if a clear day or cloudy day makes a difference.  I did take a picture of Tim and the antenna or is it a ray gun?