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johnnyneedlez11 11-Mar-2015 4:49 PM

Missing one station
 
Hello All,

I'm brand new to the site and to OTA programming. I just moved into my new home and refuse to pay those ridiculous cable prices. Anyway, I just installed an RCA ANT751 on the roof, broke out the compass and pointed the antenna to 174deg. My overall reception is great, and I'm getting all of the channels I would expect except one. The one that I really want is FOX which is broadcasting on RF 7. I understand this is a VHF freq and I would think that I might need a dedicated VHF antenna. The only problem with that is that I am current getting RF 6 CBS and it is crystal clear. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Oh and the antenna is directly feeding one TV currently with about 50' of RG6. I may add a splitter in the future.'

Thanks again!

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Tim 11-Mar-2015 8:36 PM

Have you tried tweaking the antenna a few degrees in either direction? I have one 2 edge signal that is actually received best about 10 degrees off the compass bearing of the transmitter tower.

Tower Guy 11-Mar-2015 9:26 PM

I'd be considering interference such as FM overload of your TV set. WEXT on 97.7 is 1.8 miles from you on the WYPX tower.

Try a 6 db attenuator before you buy a bigger antenna.
If that does help, unplug everything in your house except your TV set , switch off all unnecessary breakers at the panel and rescan again.

No static at all 11-Mar-2015 11:21 PM

Yes, try tweaking aim & height (up "or" down) a few inches. The antenna may be in a dead zone for Fox.

How far is the antenna above the roofline?

johnnyneedlez11 12-Mar-2015 12:03 AM

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I have tried to move the antenna a bit, not more than a few degrees horizontally but I will try a few more aggressive adjustments and see if that helps.

It didn't even cross my mind to look at the FM band Tower Guy. I will give the attenuator a shot as well.

The antenna is not far above the roof line, 12" at best. I am limited to the J pipe that came with the antenna right now and I didn't want to screw it through the shingles so I fastened it to the fascia instead. I did forget to mention that I do have some trees in the way as well across my street, I'm sure that's not helping either.

No static at all 12-Mar-2015 12:58 AM

Is Fox intermittent or completely missing?

Do you have an alarm with wireless transmitters?

I tried helping someone with a mysterious strong channel 7 issue a while back & we never solved it. Channels 8,9,11,12 & 13 were fine. I still think the wireless sending units for his home alarm were the culprit. Channel 7 only came in with the antenna placed at a far corner of the yard. There was something in that house that created intermittent interference that switched on, then off every 2 seconds.

johnnyneedlez11 12-Mar-2015 10:30 AM

I don't have a home alarm system so that rules that out.

I had a small amplified set top antenna and that was receiving fox for a while until it finally just stopped last weekend. I haven't even had a blip since then.:confused:

I naturally figured that the outdoor antenna would do the trick. I'm on the road for work until tomorrow but I am going to start hunting for interference when i get back. Reminds me of a time when my mother had an intermittent wireless internet issue a while back, turned out that every time someone called or picked up the cordless phone that would knock out the wireless. Both were the 2.4 GHz.

No static at all 12-Mar-2015 10:43 AM

Have you ever tried re-scanning channels on the TV since installing the antenna?

johnnyneedlez11 12-Mar-2015 10:45 AM

Yes. Every time I repositioned the antenna I did a rescan.


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