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When I connect the grounding pole to my antenna pole I lose some of the weaker stations.


Does grounding the pole typically affect reception?


Am I connecting something wrong or since the antennas are clamped and thus basically part of the antenna pole is it just affecting them and there is no way around it? It is just an 8' grounding pole pounded into the ground next to the antenna pole and connected with solid 6 GA copper wire clamped on both.

I haven't yet grounded the cable itself to the grounding pole.

thanks for any info or tips.

Trevor

Y5-7-13 antenna (into a 300 to 75 transformer) above a DB4E antenna into a VHF/UHF combiner and then a CM-7777 preamp then about 75 feet of cable from amp to TV
8' grounding pole next to bottom of 22' galvanized pipe which is strapped to two roof edges near the the top about 1' apart at different angles then extends about 6 feet above roof.