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Storm damage
Hello again. Thanks to this site we have been enjoying OTA TV for a couple years now. First my setup is a large antenna on the roof of my garage where the dish was. Coax run is about 100ft total to the two TVs in the house and one on the porch. There is an amp mounted directly on the antenna mast but I forget the make or model. The power supply and inserter are inside the garage directly below the antenna. I do have it all grounded.
This has worked fine until last night. We had a bad thunderstorm with some really close lightning strikes. One strike even made our power snap off and back on. Now I only have 5 channels, the rest say no signal. I suspect the amplifier got fried. The red led is still on so the power supply must be working. I would assume if the coax was burned, I wouldn't get any channels at all.
Is there any test I could do? Any recommendations for a replacement? Would I be able to use one mounted inside this time? I'm not too good climbing on roofs.
Thanks
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