Hi,
I have a reception problem in Hooper (west of Ogden). All the reception charts/maps show that I am in a yellow (very good) reception area that should supposedly work with a simple indoor antenna. I started with an expensive Terk non-directional clip on antenna that attaches to my dish. It did not work at all. So, I drug out my old super duper size radio shack antenna in the attic. It works (I get 80+ signal, never over 90) for a time and then some channels will stop working. I found that if I disconnect the cable from the back of my DISH 811 and reconnect, being sure to try and 'scratch' the wire on the cable against the inside of the connector, it starts working again. I thus started playing with different connectors and ultimately found the most success with no connector, simply pushing the bare center wire into the hole. I then notice that some channels seem to work best if the shield is connected, others if it is not. Does anybody have any idea what might be happening here and how I can ultimately solve it? I have even tried amplifiers to no effect.
Thanks,
KB
I have a reception problem in Hooper (west of Ogden). All the reception charts/maps show that I am in a yellow (very good) reception area that should supposedly work with a simple indoor antenna. I started with an expensive Terk non-directional clip on antenna that attaches to my dish. It did not work at all. So, I drug out my old super duper size radio shack antenna in the attic. It works (I get 80+ signal, never over 90) for a time and then some channels will stop working. I found that if I disconnect the cable from the back of my DISH 811 and reconnect, being sure to try and 'scratch' the wire on the cable against the inside of the connector, it starts working again. I thus started playing with different connectors and ultimately found the most success with no connector, simply pushing the bare center wire into the hole. I then notice that some channels seem to work best if the shield is connected, others if it is not. Does anybody have any idea what might be happening here and how I can ultimately solve it? I have even tried amplifiers to no effect.
Thanks,
KB