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Old 14-Feb-2015, 6:50 PM   #1
Martin Malley
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Was good, now not so good

Antenna: 100 mile directional (I think it is a Channel Master 100). 10 plus years old.
Have a distribution booster, but no pre-amp. Signal splits to four TVs.

Here are my scan results:
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...2c152df3ad3f50

So this setup worked great on the roof for 10 years. Moved it to a tower (slightly taller) a year or two ago and still worked great. I was getting ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS and Fox out of Columbus, Ohio.

The signal for CBS and Fox started to get intermittent and now I have only NBC and CBS. I re-aimed the antenna last weekend and all the channels came in again, but Fox and CBS were spotty. A couple of days later I am back to just two channels.

I also took out a grounding block I had before the cable went into the house. I ran the cable directly to a TV and the channels came in. So I thought that block was the problem, but now I have no idea.

Does anyone have any suggestion? I keep wondering if the connection to the antenna is weak. I can see the wing nuts are rusty, but as they are out on the end, I can't re-do them without taking the antenna down.

Would I be better off with a multi-directional?
Is 51 causing issues with 6 and can I block one to get the other?
Do I need an FM choke or something?

Thanks in advance for any ideas!

Last edited by GroundUrMast; 14-Feb-2015 at 6:57 PM. Reason: repaired TVFR link
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