Over the Air Antenna

dodge guy wrote:
All my TV’s get the same stations, different brands. I’m guessing tou’ve Got a poor connection somewhere!

Your results have nothing to do with the results others experience. There are MANY reasons why one TV get more channels than another. Thanks for adding "I'm guessing" as a point of clarification.

All my TV’s get the same stations, different brands. I’m guessing tou’ve Got a poor connection somewhere!

wildtoad wrote:
Are they the same brand and model TV? Some TVs have a better tuner than others and will need less signal strength to find them.

This is what we found.

Our MH came with, at the time, highly rated and high priced Viewsonic brand TVs. I installed a cheap Visio for the outside. The cheap Visio pulls in a lot more channels than the Viewsonics. Both of the Viewsonics get the same channels so I'm thinking it's all in the TVs.

Many posibile causes. Some addressed above (bad cable connection generally the crinmp on sneeze off connectors. Fail to tighten a connector properly some idiot drove a staple THROUGH teh coax (yes it happens)(

Some TV's are just naturally better receivers.

And a host of other things Bad Splitter (The wall plate or the box of many buttons) is also on the list.

Back in the olden days I was a cable TV installer. We found that over 80% of the service calls we rolled on were failed connectors. The majority of those failed due to incorrect installation.

I would suggest swapping front & back TV's and see if the problem follows the TV or stays at the back TV. That will tell you if it is the TV or a cable/connector problem.

Bad connectors and/or splitters. Personally, I only use "Snap-N-Seal" connectors on RG6 cable. For many years These were the "industry standard" for cable installers.

Also, if you need an amplifier, uses what the professionals use. PCT Amplifiers

I had this issue on my 5th Wheel and it was a bad crimp and wired wrong at the TV distribution block. Mine was located near the rear TV and it was on the amplifier where the connection was hooked up wrong.

Are they the same brand and model TV? Some TVs have a better tuner than others and will need less signal strength to find them.

The longer the run from the antenna to the TV can reduce signal strength. Additionally, there is a splitter somewhere in the line (usually near the wall mounted power supply (the one with the little push button or slide switch) that can be bad or have a loose connection. Sometimes the wall plate itself is the splitter and these can go bad as well.