Lights Control Television Reception
We are camping in a place where we can receive 18 over the air television stations using our Antenna and booster that came installed on our camper. If we don't use the booster, we get nothing. I guess...
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Ok, several possible issues.. FIrst the BOOSTER is not the booster. The BOOSTER (The real one) os in the antenna head. the box in the wall is the power supply. THe ELectronics up top need 12 volts. Now several things can cause those volts to be reduced.. MOST COMMON is low batteries coupled with high load (Fan, incandescent lights) For example a 1141 lamp is about 1.5 amps EACH 1156 around 2 amps.. SO a 2 light fixture is a lot of load.
Another is corrosion on the connectors.. Specifially the connector to the antenna itself and then the one at roof level (yes there is one buried but it's there).
Next we have LED and Fluorescent lamps The light from an LED is actually electromatic "Noise" far as your TV is concerned.. The better LED's filter out the lower frequency (Radio and television) Noise leaving only the light you see. but alas. not all are that good.
Fluorescent have a 12 volt "Ballast" This is actually a high frequency inverter and it can spew harmonics all the way to TV as well
Now "Shouldn't I get SOMETHING even with it turned off" Not if the RF is wired with high quality coax. no, for the output stage in the antenna is OFF. and thus there is no output,
Another is corrosion on the connectors.. Specifially the connector to the antenna itself and then the one at roof level (yes there is one buried but it's there).
Next we have LED and Fluorescent lamps The light from an LED is actually electromatic "Noise" far as your TV is concerned.. The better LED's filter out the lower frequency (Radio and television) Noise leaving only the light you see. but alas. not all are that good.
Fluorescent have a 12 volt "Ballast" This is actually a high frequency inverter and it can spew harmonics all the way to TV as well
Now "Shouldn't I get SOMETHING even with it turned off" Not if the RF is wired with high quality coax. no, for the output stage in the antenna is OFF. and thus there is no output,
