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Old 21-Jan-2017, 11:11 PM   #1
bgastineau
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cannot get 1 channel from cluster of towers

I am approximately 9 miles from the Houston broadcast towers. The primary channels and signal strengths according to my television are are

KPRC 2 (35) - 100%
KUHT 8 - 100%
KHOU 11 - 92%
KTRK 13 - 86%
KRIV 26 - 47%

KRIV 26 is the weak one. It is barely watchable normally, and any sort of bad weather makes it unwatchable. The TVFool report indicates that it should be one of the stronger signals (based on NM) so I am confused why my television says it is much lower than the other 4 channels of interest broadcasting from roughly the same location.

I currently have an RCA ANT751 yagi style antenna mounted on the roof (15-20 feet above ground level). There is a 100' cable run between the antenna and TV. My neighbor 2 houses over toward the towers has some moderate sized trees on his land. I put a variable attenuator near the TV and adding attenuation only caused the signal strength to decrease, so I do not think that the signal strength is too strong.

Thank you

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