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Old 20-Jul-2015, 8:49 PM   #4
rabbit73
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Thanks for the photo. It looks like it should have enough gain for VHF and UHF in spite of the fact that one element is missing. You might have a bad connection at the antenna, a bad balun or bad coax.

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I could believe that with the Fox in NY but the one in WB is on the same tower as everything else and they come in fine.
Yeah, you would think so, but I've seen it happen. I remember a case where both antennas were on the same tower, but one channel was giving a problem. It turned out that there was a large cargo loading crane in the signal path. One antenna was mounted higher than the other.



I remember that recently one Fox station in your area was having a transmitter problem. Maybe you can call the station engineer.

The signal barely makes it to your area:



If you look at the terrain profile, you will see why the signal has a hard time; attached to previous post.

I see a lot of trees in your area. See previous post for attachment. They can block signals. Do you have a clear path to Fox?

If this antenna checks out OK but you still have problems, you can replace it with a Winegard HD7698P.
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