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Originally Posted by Flint Ridge
You are not in a deep fringe area.
Have you tried your setup bypassing the amp? Simplest place to start. I would try that first and remove any splitters etc and plug into one tv, rescan and see what if anything you have.
With the signal you have you should be good. Then report back. Then, I would change out the cabling to RG6 with compression fittings. You can get the stuff at Lowe's for example. If you want to do both, that would do no harm, then you should have confirmed good connections.
How many tv's are you running?
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I'm like right in the middle, distance-wise, of San Diego and Los Angeles, and the signals that I want are in LA(50 miles away). I thought I was at least in a fringe area, oh well, it's nothing to be proud of, the signals aren't the best. There's a toll road very close by that probably limits my reception a bit.
I tried everything out without the preamp and just went straight to the convertor box and I couldn't get anything from both antennas combined. I then tried each antenna by itself without the preamp and I could barley get 1 channel. The preamp certainly helps me.
So I went out and got some new RG6 Quad Shield cable this afternoon and hooked everything back up. Signal came in much more consistently and I was able to pull in 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 11 which was exactly what I was going for. Signal is not perfect and I notice I still get a tiny bit of interference now and then but it's much much better.
It looks like for me the ClearStream 5 was able to pull in the most by itself compared to the ClearStream 4 by itself. Only 1 or 3 channels separately, but 6 combined with the preamp and diplexer.
I was thinking of maybe checking out the Antennas Direct DB4e since the gain was about +2dBi more than what I get now and that might help the consistency for everything that I do get.
And I'm just running 1 TV
Do you think a better or lower-noise preamp might help things as well?
I only have the preamp connected to the ClearStream 4.
Wasn't sure if a preamp like the PA18 might help things since I could connect both antennas.
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Originally Posted by StephanieS
Will your landlord allow you to install something on your roof?
The balcony only makes it rough.
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No, they won't. If it's within my balcony it's ok, like everyone else with their DirectTV antennas.