Anybody in the area approximately 50 miles west of Washington, D.C., near Purcellville, VA, been experiencing random, but daily drop-out of the NBC channel 4-1 programming?
This was especially noticable during the afternoon Olympics. It was, we discovered, not just our problem, but several other neighbors complained of the same situation with their OTA. All of them, including us, have antenna systems that have been trouble free, since their installation. Program reception returns during the early evening and is working the following morning. I am very aware of the effects weather can have on our reception, but it is happening at multiple locations at the same time!
An angry neighbor suggested that NBC, now owned by Comcast, was reducing transmitter power during the Olympics, in an attempt to get non-cable users to subscribe to Comcast, which is the only cable provider in our area. An extreme suggestion, but is it really?
Specs on our antenna installation are:
Channel Master 4228HD VHF-HI/UHF TV Antenna - 12dB UHF gain
Winegard AP-8275 Preamplifier - VHF 29dB gain, UHF 28dB gain
Belden 9066 RG-6 Coaxial Cable - 6dB loss/100ft (RG-59 has a 10dB loss/100ft)
No splitter loss, antenna only feeds the Samsung LED/LCD TV, nothing else.
Samsung UN60F8000 LED HDTV
TV Signal Analysis Results at
this link.
-Rod