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Next Steps
I have removed the splitter on more than one occasion and made a direct connection to the TV. I only use the splitter to feed the Silicon Dust Tuner & TV simultaneously. I have at one time or another removed everything from the circuit and put it back in to see the effect.
I too have been thinking of moving the VHF down from the roof inside to where the signal seems "better". The SiliconDust HDHR Tuner has some nice software that measures "Symbol Quality" as well as "Strength" and "Quality". When I checked the 46 Channels being received from the 8-bay indoors the symbol rate on CH9 and most of the others was ZERO and both signal and quality were bouncing around. I do have an extensive 2.4 & 5 GHz wireless network, but the only nearby source of interference is a Boulder County emergency services tower above me and 1 or two miles away. There could be reflected signals from the mountains in front of me I suppose. Grasping at straws a bit.
The fact that the antennas don't seem to be behaving as they are supposed to (VHF on UHF8-bay & nada on VHF) suggests that either diffraction, the local environment
or local sources of interference dominate reception. The signal reports from TV Fool & FCC both indicate I SHOULD have a signal...but I don't. I think it's time to start moving things around (and down).
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