antenna will not pickup ditigal channels
This hasn't happened before. On my way back from Florida this year for some reason I could not pickup any over the air channels. The power light is green and I have changed the antenna thinking that m...
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Try it near a large city with several TV stations.
Digital TV uses UHF only so the signal is much more limited in range and more sensitive to loss from physical blockage and travels shorter distances due to earth's curvature. I.e., mostly near line of sight.
If you are near a large city with someTV stations,you could buy and try a small window antenna or the so-called "magic stick" antennas. If it works for the TV, connect it to the cable coming out from your antenna to see if the internal cable is good. If that works then bad antenna. A lot of the newer antennas have built in amplifiers which must have power and turn on. Mine uses the 12VDC so it works when not connected to shore power.
Digital TV uses UHF only so the signal is much more limited in range and more sensitive to loss from physical blockage and travels shorter distances due to earth's curvature. I.e., mostly near line of sight.
If you are near a large city with someTV stations,you could buy and try a small window antenna or the so-called "magic stick" antennas. If it works for the TV, connect it to the cable coming out from your antenna to see if the internal cable is good. If that works then bad antenna. A lot of the newer antennas have built in amplifiers which must have power and turn on. Mine uses the 12VDC so it works when not connected to shore power.
