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Forum: Help With Reception 14-Apr-2019, 3:09 PM
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Posted By blackstone
Here are the results of disconnecting each...

Here are the results of disconnecting each antenna.

With only the DB 8E only connected, I get the following.
(Virtual Channels) (RF Channels) (Call sign)
2 25...
Forum: Help With Reception 14-Apr-2019, 2:30 PM
Replies: 153
Views: 949,680
Posted By blackstone
Bob, thanks for all that info. I am grateful...

Bob, thanks for all that info.

I am grateful for TvFool and all the kind, patient people that offer help to dunderheads like me.

I try to follow advice. Some, I'm not sure I understand.

I...
Forum: Help With Reception 14-Apr-2019, 11:34 AM
Replies: 153
Views: 949,680
Posted By blackstone
Thanks for the info, Nascarken. I'll see if...

Thanks for the info, Nascarken.

I'll see if I can find that info to see what I can learn
Forum: Help With Reception 14-Apr-2019, 2:26 AM
Replies: 153
Views: 949,680
Posted By blackstone
Thanks, Tim. My intention was to use these...

Thanks, Tim.

My intention was to use these antennas that way.

I was told that my DB 8E was only a UHF antenna.
At the time, I had an old CM for VHF.
High winds did some damage to that old...
Forum: Help With Reception 14-Apr-2019, 1:36 AM
Replies: 153
Views: 949,680
Posted By blackstone
I thought I liked the CM 5020 because I'm getting...

I thought I liked the CM 5020 because I'm getting the stations I lost.
But with it messing up the other UHF stations I was looking at othjer solutions
Forum: Help With Reception 14-Apr-2019, 1:33 AM
Replies: 153
Views: 949,680
Posted By blackstone
Thanks, Bob, for your input. I'm a...

Thanks, Bob, for your input.

I'm a techno-dunce and don't understand this stuff very much.

Do you have an example of a product that is a tuner so I could learn about them?

If I understand,...
Forum: Help With Reception 14-Apr-2019, 12:33 AM
Replies: 153
Views: 949,680
Posted By blackstone
And to complicate things,(for me at least), the...

And to complicate things,(for me at least), the bedroom TV gets some of the stations I don't get on the living room TV.

They are both cheap Element tvs.
Forum: Help With Reception 13-Apr-2019, 11:36 PM
Replies: 153
Views: 949,680
Posted By blackstone
Is there a plain old VHF antenna that won't cause...

Is there a plain old VHF antenna that won't cause this problem?
I don't think I want to monkey around with AB switches on every TV
Forum: Help With Reception 13-Apr-2019, 5:00 PM
Replies: 153
Views: 949,680
Posted By blackstone
Nascarken, unless I misunderstand you, I have...

Nascarken, unless I misunderstand you, I have separate feeds up to the distribution amp where they are combined.

This is how I have been doing it for almost a couple years and just now...
Forum: Help With Reception 13-Apr-2019, 8:54 AM
Replies: 153
Views: 949,680
Posted By blackstone
The combiner is a Channelplus and it says...

The combiner is a Channelplus and it says combiner/splitter.

Since I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't get back to sleep I decided to test something.

I disconnected the DB 8-E to...
Forum: Help With Reception 13-Apr-2019, 1:53 AM
Replies: 153
Views: 949,680
Posted By blackstone
Something I got from Antennas Direct several...

Something I got from Antennas Direct several years ago, I think.


It looks like a splitter turned around but it's not.
I have been using it since I got a second antenna way back.

I tried the...
Forum: Help With Reception 13-Apr-2019, 1:41 AM
Replies: 153
Views: 949,680
Posted By blackstone
Thanks for the response, Tim. Each antenna...

Thanks for the response, Tim.

Each antenna is on the same mast with separate lines coming into the house with separate pre-amps.

They are separate until they combine at a combiner to go into my...
Forum: Help With Reception 12-Apr-2019, 9:58 PM
Replies: 153
Views: 949,680
Posted By blackstone
Here's an update and a few more questions,...

Here's an update and a few more questions, please, if you will indulge me.

Received and installed the CM 5020 this week.
So, I am using it as well as the DB8-E.

Most of the lost stations have...
Forum: Help With Reception 30-Mar-2019, 9:56 PM
Replies: 153
Views: 949,680
Posted By blackstone
Thanks for that info, nascarken. The antenna...

Thanks for that info, nascarken.

The antenna is, probably, going up 16'-18'.
I may have understood what you meant by the amp.
I have a CM amp/splitter in my basement.
I'd have to check the...
Forum: Help With Reception 30-Mar-2019, 9:34 PM
Replies: 153
Views: 949,680
Posted By blackstone
The 3020 was cheaper, too. If I could have...

The 3020 was cheaper, too.
If I could have found info that stated low VHF, I may have gone that route.

I do have a channel master amp that's only a month old and a pretty new pre-amp.

Looks to...
Forum: Help With Reception 30-Mar-2019, 9:00 PM
Replies: 153
Views: 949,680
Posted By blackstone
I ended up doing a return on the Clear Stream and...

I ended up doing a return on the Clear Stream and ordered a CM 5020.
Several things were factors in the decision to go with this one.
The weight and size are a little smaller so I'm hoping it will...
Forum: Help With Reception 30-Mar-2019, 8:55 PM
Replies: 115
Views: 215,602
Posted By blackstone
Just realized this is a really old thread

Just realized this is a really old thread
Forum: Help With Reception 30-Mar-2019, 2:21 PM
Replies: 115
Views: 215,602
Posted By blackstone
Thanks, Nascarken. I replaced the amp around a...

Thanks, Nascarken.
I replaced the amp around a month ago.
The previous one was about 5 years old.

Until I replaced it I was getting almost no stations.
That brought back all the other stations...
Forum: Help With Reception 30-Mar-2019, 2:00 PM
Replies: 153
Views: 949,680
Posted By blackstone
Thanks for the suggestions. I rescan...

Thanks for the suggestions.

I rescan (almost) daily with no effect.

Antennas Direct support said that one station, WPGH 53, moved from real 43 to 20.
I think they said that it would improve...
Forum: Help With Reception 30-Mar-2019, 8:17 AM
Replies: 153
Views: 949,680
Posted By blackstone
By the way, I'm not knocking Antennas Direct. ...

By the way, I'm not knocking Antennas Direct.

I happen to think they're a company with integrity.

I'm just trying to get the same stations I got recently that have disappeared
Forum: Help With Reception 29-Mar-2019, 5:32 PM
Replies: 153
Views: 949,680
Posted By blackstone
ADTech, I have been in touch with customer...

ADTech, I have been in touch with customer support.
I forgot to mention that.

Their solution was to point my Clear Stream at WWCP 8 to get Fox. I did that

No suggestions on how to get the CW,...
Forum: Help With Reception 29-Mar-2019, 2:35 PM
Replies: 153
Views: 949,680
Posted By blackstone
Rather than start a new thread, I thought I'd...

Rather than start a new thread, I thought I'd resurrect this one because it is still related.

Thanks, in advance, for your suggestions.

After replacing the balun, I still wasn't able to get...
Forum: Help With Reception 14-Jan-2019, 6:53 PM
Replies: 153
Views: 949,680
Posted By blackstone
Thanks Nascarken

Thanks Nascarken
Forum: Help With Reception 13-Jan-2019, 7:54 PM
Replies: 153
Views: 949,680
Posted By blackstone
Thanks for your response, Nascarken. I was...

Thanks for your response, Nascarken.

I was using a Channel Master directional antenna; about 30 years old.
Since I didn't know if these things deteriorate, I bought the ClearStream.

I...
Forum: Help With Reception 13-Jan-2019, 1:46 PM
Replies: 153
Views: 949,680
Posted By blackstone
Lost all VHF stations

I was happily getting all the stations that were available to me on VHF and UHF until a week and a half ago.

I received a lot of great patient help here in this thread a couple years ago....
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