RV TV Reception
I have a 2004 class C Dutchman motor home. It currently has an an oem adjustable antenna on the roof and an analog TV. We are replacing the tv with a digital. What would be your recommendation to obta...
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Here is a nice link if you know where you will be stopping at with compass headings to point those with a directional antenna in the right direction.
www.antennaweb.org
www.antennapoint.com
Other than the many conditions that can affect your terrestrial over the air tv signals.. height of antenna, distance from trans mitter broadcast tower, and power being transmitted, surroundings, etc., one should check their coax cables and connectors before investing in new equipment that could be part of the underlining reception problem.
Disconnect connector from antenna and any connection points inside to include behind wall plates.
Check for oxidation/debris, water ingestion of connectors on coax cable and connection point on antenna, splitters, switches, wall plate/s barrel connectors etc. REPLACE connectors where necessary, and use proper outdoor rated connectors and for antenna coax seal/and or rubber weather boot. If problem still exist try substituting a new short piece of RG-6 coax direct from antenna to tv direct or if amplified antenna to the amplifyer/power inserter connection points. (depends on your set up) Idea is to bypass as much as you can to go direct to a tv..avoiding splitters switches etc. but antenna with built in amplifyer needs its DC power source to operate optimally. You can check each section of cable for shorts with multimeter or continuity tester. Pinch/over compressed connector or a single strand (sometimes very hard to see) of the braided/shielding, or conductive debris material going across defective/damaged/deteriated dielectric insulator foam making contact with the center core wire conductor. When coax cables are pinched, stretched, or bent too sharply,..can change the impedance characteristics of the cable and hamper or impede signal reception whether fully or partial..affecting the higher frequecies first. Sometimes these cables get over stretched during manufacturing or a staple into cable or a repair/install without the understanding of how to route/fish coax cables properly. (TV & Satellite) or just from wear and tear from antenna rotation.
Hope this helps. I appologize for poor sentence structure and long winded poorly explained post.
www.antennaweb.org
www.antennapoint.com
Other than the many conditions that can affect your terrestrial over the air tv signals.. height of antenna, distance from trans mitter broadcast tower, and power being transmitted, surroundings, etc., one should check their coax cables and connectors before investing in new equipment that could be part of the underlining reception problem.
Disconnect connector from antenna and any connection points inside to include behind wall plates.
Check for oxidation/debris, water ingestion of connectors on coax cable and connection point on antenna, splitters, switches, wall plate/s barrel connectors etc. REPLACE connectors where necessary, and use proper outdoor rated connectors and for antenna coax seal/and or rubber weather boot. If problem still exist try substituting a new short piece of RG-6 coax direct from antenna to tv direct or if amplified antenna to the amplifyer/power inserter connection points. (depends on your set up) Idea is to bypass as much as you can to go direct to a tv..avoiding splitters switches etc. but antenna with built in amplifyer needs its DC power source to operate optimally. You can check each section of cable for shorts with multimeter or continuity tester. Pinch/over compressed connector or a single strand (sometimes very hard to see) of the braided/shielding, or conductive debris material going across defective/damaged/deteriated dielectric insulator foam making contact with the center core wire conductor. When coax cables are pinched, stretched, or bent too sharply,..can change the impedance characteristics of the cable and hamper or impede signal reception whether fully or partial..affecting the higher frequecies first. Sometimes these cables get over stretched during manufacturing or a staple into cable or a repair/install without the understanding of how to route/fish coax cables properly. (TV & Satellite) or just from wear and tear from antenna rotation.
Hope this helps. I appologize for poor sentence structure and long winded poorly explained post.
