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rgatijnet1
Aug 17, 2015Explorer III
TC&Z wrote:rgatijnet1 wrote:
If you have been having signal problems with an antenna that was previously working fine, I would say that your problem is with the coax cable or the connections on either end. Antennas do not wear out but the cable connections do. They let in moisture which eventually causes corrosion. To install a new antenna, without correcting the cable problems, is just a waste of money.
Very interesting information, much appreciated, (I posted this inquiry) perhaps it is not my antenna at all but something else. Here is my symptom, we will have been watching a show fine and then it just dies entirely, goes to black screen "LOST SIGNAL". We wait several minutes and no recovery. Yet when we change channels other channels work ok. Change back still dead. It is not poor signal with pixelated lines. We occasionally have this symptom and I rotate the antenna to tune slightly and it improves, or I determine that is the best it can be. Any ideas what to check?
Unplug and look at the connections on each end of the coax cable, especially the connection to your antenna on the roof. Sometimes just unplugging them, and reconnecting them, will improve the contact and signal quality.
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