Home base TV Antenna
Antenna is 25' above the ground. Running into difficulty getting a consistent signal to any of the 3 TVs. Long range direction VHF/UHF antenna with a preamp. Original higher cost preamp just didn...
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Made some progress today.
2' long RG6 between balun and preamp had some "debris" where the insulation was cut to the core. Not exactly sure what it was, but it also looked like some shielding was close to the core. Cleaned it up best that I could, but need to replace that cable. I had a 3' piece, and it made things worse.
Completely lost one channel, which boggles my mind, as the other channels are stronger now. Antenna is in the exact same position, as I have the pole pinned.
Think I also figured out why I can pull the signal in and out, I have about 40' coiled right under the bed. I roughed it up a little, so it's not a pretty coil. I'll deal with that later, was pretty done after several dozen trips in the crawl space and back to the roof. I did use the creeper under the add on roof, crawling under the trailer gets really old. Only bad part, if I was any plumper, I wouldn't be able to sneak under the HVAC ducts.
Did happen to finally take a look at one channel that has come up with 2 or 3 different times doing a channel search. On the one TV, it showed the station is broadcasting on two different frequencies. Wonder if they or the FCC know they are doing this. Might have to drop a dime :) I should do a rescan, because I have seen on one TV, three duplicates.
2' long RG6 between balun and preamp had some "debris" where the insulation was cut to the core. Not exactly sure what it was, but it also looked like some shielding was close to the core. Cleaned it up best that I could, but need to replace that cable. I had a 3' piece, and it made things worse.
Completely lost one channel, which boggles my mind, as the other channels are stronger now. Antenna is in the exact same position, as I have the pole pinned.
Think I also figured out why I can pull the signal in and out, I have about 40' coiled right under the bed. I roughed it up a little, so it's not a pretty coil. I'll deal with that later, was pretty done after several dozen trips in the crawl space and back to the roof. I did use the creeper under the add on roof, crawling under the trailer gets really old. Only bad part, if I was any plumper, I wouldn't be able to sneak under the HVAC ducts.
Did happen to finally take a look at one channel that has come up with 2 or 3 different times doing a channel search. On the one TV, it showed the station is broadcasting on two different frequencies. Wonder if they or the FCC know they are doing this. Might have to drop a dime :) I should do a rescan, because I have seen on one TV, three duplicates.
