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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George3037 wrote:wayne1234 wrote:
Thanks to everyone for your replies. To answer a few of the responses.
While in Florida I had digital tv. When I left my first stop was Savannah Ga. I had digital tv. My next stop was Myrtle Beach, no digital tv. The next stop was Gettysburg Pa. no digital tv. My question is what happened after I left Savannah and could not get digital tv. Is there an easy way to check and the one person who suggested a cable break, I will check that ASAP.
Thank you to all,
Wayne
PS how do I check the power system?
It was mentioned before but as you traveled from state to state did you go into the TV menu and re-scan for channels or are you just trying the same channels you received in the last state? Each state may broadcast over the air channels on a different frequency. If you did re-scan then I'd suspect a coax or antenna problem also previously mentioned.
I think George3037 is on the right track. An example of need to scan is my situation, I live on a hilltop in N/E Los Angeles and receive a Santa Barbara station and about 80 other station, some music some, tune in but so weak not picture. I store the rig in Simi Valley about 45 miles away, it is also closer to Santa Barbara but I get nothing in Simi unless I re-scan and due to geographic location, I cannot get the Santa Barbara station at all.
Our rig spent the first 14 years of its life at or near the beach. There is a lot of sunburn to certain parts, FG roof, slide toppers and awning for example, there is some salt damage to exposed plated metal items. I dug around and found the threaded F-connector barrel splice in the cable coming from the antenna to the BOMB, I replaced both f-type connectors and the barrel connector and the f-type connector at the antenna with the best my supplier had. There was a marked improvement in the reception. I haven't replace the coax from the antenna to the barrel connector but probably should. I had a spare batwing head assembly and installed that too, opened the old one and found the PC board was very corroded where the copper traces were exposed.
Winegard does have a good TS section in the instructions for the antenna.
