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BJD58
8-Dec-2012, 3:06 PM
I live 9.5 miles West of Carter Mountain. My outdoor roof antenna is properly aimed at 134 degrees (magn). I have no problems with any Charlottesville channels except WCAV 19 HD-1 and HD-3 which are virtually unwatchable (occasionally 1 or 2 bars). However Channel 19 HD-2 shows a steady signal strength of 5 bars. I realize that Channel 19 uses a directional antenna and I may be in a null, but why does the HD-2 come in stronger than the HD-1? Thanks.

No static at all
8-Dec-2012, 6:04 PM
Channel 19.2 is actually a subchannel of WAHU-27 (real channel 40), so that is why you are seeing this analomy. Channels 19.1 & 19.3 are on a completely different frequency. You may need to try raising or lowering your antenna a few inches to get it out of the the dead spot for WCAV-19 (real channel 19)

See this link (http://www.rabbitears.info/search.php?request=zip_search&zipcode=22903&miles=60&address=&lat=&lon=&dbtype=dBm&height=) & click on the stations in your area to see the actual frequencies to better understand what is actually going on.

BJD58
8-Dec-2012, 7:15 PM
Thanks for the quick response. Now everything makes sense except for why Gray Television would want to do this. I'm confident I can make the proper corrections now that I know what I'm dealing with. Thanks again.