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Originally Posted by rabbit73
Every manufacturer does it a little differently. The percent scale is only relative, not absolute, but it is very useful for comparisons. The signal strength is similar to the NM dB or Signal pwr dBm scales on your tvfool report. The Signal Quality is probably SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio).
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For "Signal Quality", I assume 100% is the ideal? Almost every station was at that value, so it looks like I don't have any signal quality issues.
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Originally Posted by rabbit73
It doesn't make sense yet to me either.
There are three possibilities. The loss in the coax line to the first floor is more than estimated. As a test, run a temporary coax line to the 1st floor to bypass the in-wall coax run.
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My observation below would seem to cast some doubt on the first possibility, wouldn't it?
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...main channels that I want to get on the 1st Floor TV, but only get on the 2nd Floor TV (WSOC-TV, WTVI-HD, WTVI-MV, WTVI-Ct) all have "Signal Strengths" on the 2nd Floor TV of 89% or higher. In fact, there are stations that I got on both TVs, for which the signal strength on the 2nd Floor TV is lower than 89%."
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I will have to look into the other 2 possibilities. Finding a cable long enough, or a short enough path for my existing coax could be an issue. I could possibly run from the antenna straight to the wall the 1st Floor TV is mounted to, but I'm guessing I'd run into some 2X4s going down 2 stories. If only I could get signal strength readings from the 1st Floor TV.
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Originally Posted by rabbit73
Is it safe for me to assume that you do a tuner rescan of the 1st floor TV after a change?
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Yes.