I'm just recently trying to get my OTA set up working again, after not using it for years. Old Sony tube Trinitron with a digital Magnavox SDTV converter. When OTA first went digital, I recall getting a bunch of stations, some clear, some not so much. I'm in Fort Collins, CO. Here's my
signal report.
So last week I fired things up, and receive exactly ONE channel (well, really three): digital 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3. KRMA-DT comes in just fine, but I get nothing else. I reset everything, did a double-rescan of the converter box, but still just digital channel 6. It comes in nice and clear.
The antenna on the roof appears to be an old VHF unit. It was there when I bought the house almost two decades ago, in the dim pre-cable past. I've never gone up to look at it; it has a flat 2-conductor cable coming off it (see attachment).
My question: I used to get a bunch of channels. Why now do I get only one, just fine, and no others?
Note: you don't need to spend time with antenna recommendations, because it's not worth it to me to spend actual money on this.
I'm just trying to understand how I could only get one channel, when there are others that appear to be coming from the same direction with decent strength.
Thanks for any info!