DTV problems in 60099 - Page 3

You have to check under "pending" on TVfool, even though it has existed for a while now. It does exist, I've seen it for myself.

Thanks for the tip. Yes, I do see it under 'pending'. And viewer's tips are also what keeps us up-to-date.

I would guess an "indoor" antenna would not last long outdoors.

Probably not since moisture can ruin the antenna. Since you know you can receive the signals you want, why don't you just replace it with an outdoor antenna such as the Winegard HD-1080 or something similiar.

Make sure you read up on your rights first: http://www.fcc.gov/guides/over-air-r...n-devices-rule

It doesn't necessarily need to be mounted on the roof. You can have it on a south-facing balcony (best bet) or other location.

The HD-1080 is small enough that you could just sit it in the same chair. It's 35" wide x 18.5" high and about 7" deep.

In this thread,you say the balun ("transformer") may be damaged. In the new thread you just started, you say it is damaged. Why do you think it may be/is damaged?

And it is not necessary to keep starting new threads. That only annoys people and lessens the chance you'll get any help at all.

If you suspect the balun is defective, replace it.

There is no way that TVFool can take into account all the variables that affect reception at any specific location. From their FAQ:

TV Fool has been found to be the best available, after years of users here trying other options.

You don't understand.

Digital TV reception is as much as art as science. Moving an antenna an inch can sometimes make the difference between getting a station and not.

None of web sites that advise antenna selection are perfect. TV Fool is typically the best. In all cases it's a matter of trial and error to find an antenna that works in any given location.

Are you going to use this indoors or outdoors?

From another thread:

Things that make you go Hm-m-m.

Ok. Bottom line on antennas:

Outdoors is better than indoors
Larger is better than smaller
Higher is (generally) better than lower

So if your are committed to getting an outdoor antenna, I'd be looking for one that was a large for the money as I could get, that was recommended by other members based on their experience. How much room do you have on the balcony?

What would others recommend in this situation?

How many locations inside did you actually try? As you say even an outisde antenna doens't work well. I say there is something in your cabling that is an issue.


Frequency: (VHF)40-260MHz VHF Gain: 25±3dB
Frequency: (UHF)470-860MHz UHF Gain: 30±3dB
Reception Range:125 miles

A) This is BS. They are obviously counting the gain from the amp which is not how things work. Amps don't give antennas more gain they just reduce loss of signal. Changing your filters and keeping your tires properly inflated can give you better gas mileage they won't increase the size of you gas tank. The range is also BS.

B) I'm dubious of any company that uses BS to promote a product. Also any company that is selling a product for $29 when it was $120 should tell you a lot. Also this isn't actually being sold by Amazon. Amazon is only fulfilling the order.

Sold by Shopping Cloud and Fulfilled by Amazon. Which means any issues you have you have to deal with Shopping Cloud not Amazon.

I once had nearly all of the analog TV reception distributed at a 400 site campground that was distributed on cable channels 2-26 turn to crap. Fortunately, I have a spectrum analyzer and found that the transmitting tower on adjacent property was transmitting a powerful signal at 363 MHz and it was leaking into my amplifier inputs and overloading them. I was able to mitigate the effects that ingress of that signal was having on my amplifiers by installing half a dozen, off-the-shelf cable TV lowpass cylindrical "tier traps" on those amplifier's inputs. Fortunately, a couple years later, that signal went away. If the property had a larger channel lineup and if I had to use channels above 363 MHz, I would have to have paid someone a few hundred bucks to make a custom notch to clear out that channel, and then hope that another offending transmission at another frequency would not start up.

If any of their guests tried using an amplified antenna during that interval to get local broadcast HDTV from the antenna their camper came outfitted with, as they surely had, they would have had terrible results and never had any idea why.

If you're getting dropped cell service and poor FM radio reception, you should not be at all surprised that you cannot get a TV station reliably at your location. Just because TVFool shows a station in a list of stations you may possibly receive, doesn't mean you will be able to.

There's probably tons of RF interference where you are. TVFool doesn't take that into account, because it has no way of knowing what interference is present at any given spot. Had you read the TVFool FAQ, you would know that there are many factors that come into play that sometimes make their predictive maps less than accurate. They even say, "Your Mileage May Vary."

Good luck with your shopping cloud antenna. I've heard those actually work sometimes.... until the plastic breaks and the antenna won't stay where it's aimed.

Just a guess....
Surrounded by pine trees or a lot of tall apartment buildings?

Maybe he should take a picture of his yard in the direction of the towers. I still say he shuld hook the antenna to ONE tv first to eliminate any possibility it could be his cabling.