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Originally Posted by sau818
I have an old channel master antenna with broken elements that I stuck some rods in and receiving all channels from Chicago most of the time. Channel 2 goes first and some others will break up some but usually still watchable. I have 50 feet of rg6 cable and then split and split again serving 5 tv's. On mast RCA amp and a few boosters when splitting. I tried RCA 3038 and it wasn't any better than old antenna. I tried chanel master 7728 amp and no different than the RCA amp. If CBS Chicago locks in I seem to get the rest of what I need and that is my focus without losing it during middle of viewing! Any advice here? http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...d243d5090795db |
You may have one of several things happening:
Your distribution system is causing problems
You're having FM inteference
Your antenna is in a bad location
The TV antenna was repaired incorrectly
A combination of the above
I'd bet on too much distribution gain causing FM problems. Your strongest FM station is WCSJ on 103.1 MHz. WCFL is on 104.7 MHz. The second harmonics of both WCSJ and WCFL fall on WBBM's channel 12 (204-210 MHz). Excessive distribution gain causes harmonics of strong stations. The all channel antenna that you have picks up FM very well.
Start by making sure that the FM trap in the TVPRAMP-1R (if that is what you have) is switched on. Next try one TV set connected to the downlead without any distribution amps. Then decide what to do if you learn anything.