Can't get analog signals
 

I recently made a Gray Hoverman single bay antenna. It allowed me to get real channel 44 beautifully. I am not able to get 49 or 41 which I believe are analog signals. I thought maybe it was because my TV converter box (I have an old style TV) was not pass through so I bypassed the TV converter box. Still no signal on either of these channels, that is, the tv screen is nothing but noise, not even a blip of a signal. From the transmitter report, it looks like I should get both of these if I am able to get 44. Any ideas? Thanks.

http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...ec1271df4e0056

Channel 44 is a digital channel--http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3dec1271df4e0056%26t%3dALLTV%26n%3d4
Channel 5 is an analog channel , but the ERP is just about 1 watt of power. I believe the the grey-hoverman antenna is a UHF antenna and channel 5 is a VHF antenna.
On your TV fool report just click on the "call sign" for info on that channel

What about ch 49 and 41? Does it look like I should be able to get them?

RF 49 seems to be a digital channel and you should be able to get it, since it has good NM value.

RF 41 has NM of -25dB. Unlikely you'll get this.

Per rabbitears.info, WDON is 'off the air' at this time.

rabbitears.info also reports WJJN as 'off the air'.

D'oh. Well that explains it. (heh)

Thanks for the rapid replies. I was wondering if they weren't broadcasting.

One more question. What would it take to get VHF Channels 7 WJHG or 12 WSFA. Thanks.

I would go with a 10 element high-VHF Yagi such as the Winegard YA-1713 or Antennacraft Y-10713. You'll need a rotator or two of those antennas and a Channel Master CM 0577 Join-Tenna. To combine with your UHF signals you would need a UVSJ.

If you're adventuresome and handy at DIY antenna building you could build a high-VHF or two. http://forum.tvfool.com/showthread.php?t=1106

What is a UVSJ? Where would I get one? Thanks.

My bad :o

A UHF VHF Signal Combiner (UVSJ) is used to combine UHF antenna output with VHF antenna output into a single feed line, usually coax.

http://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp...nna-%28UVSJ%29

http://www.3starinc.com/products_sea...SJ&search=+Go+

http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=2103923