Power Supply for PreAmp affecting reception?
Hi, I have two antennas, a GE attic antenna with GE amp right at the antenna and RCA ANT751R Outdoor Antenna on a mast with an RCA TVPRAMP1R Outdoor Antenna Preamplifier into which both antennas are connected. I get all my channels very well except for WOI TV 5 which is only 15 miles away but is a low VHF channel and pixalates a lot. I've found all the other channels come in just as good without the RCA preamp but 5 won't come in at all, but when I moved the power supply from my downstairs TV to my upstairs (on which 5 plays well most of the time) I couldn't get 5 upstairs at all. I began to wonder if the power supply was interfering with the VHF signal since it must travel through the supply to the coax connection to the TV, or if the electrical supply has a short. I connected the coax from the antennas to a 2 way splitter then to one output I connected the coax to the TV and to the other I connected the power supply. This seems to help the pixalating on channel 5 some.
I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced anything like this?
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