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Originally Posted by GroundUrMast
Is there a bit of wind moving the trees today... more than yesterday? When aiming through trees, wind causes poor reception by creating fluctuating signal at the antenna. The symptoms would be as you describe.
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I've found a vent on my roof that has a clear view through the first layer of maple trees. The first tress from this vent are about 100 ft away.
I'm going to try these clamps
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
and attach the antenna to this mast
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Originally Posted by GroundUrMast
As you disconnect and reconnect cables, it's possible that the contacts inside one or more connectors has spread and is no longer making reliable contact
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The patch cables I have at the antenna are not high quality (they are the slip-on type) so I ordered a couple of these to try out with the preamp and FM trap.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
From what everyone has been saying it sounds ideal to have an antenna strong enough to be used with no preamp, but if I have to use a preamp I may need a higher quality preamp.
If the new mounting location doesn't help which would you try first?
Stronger antenna (Winegard HD7698P replacing RCA ANT751R)
Higher quality preamp (Winegard HDP-269 replacing RCA TVPRAMP1R)
The journey continues...