Before ordering online I tried buying at my local store what appeared to me to be the simplest antenna available which happens to be
this one. It did not better than my amplified RCA one... They did not have attenuators in stock
My trouble is that I always end up having 1 out of my 4 local digital channels not receiving any signal no matter how I change the antenna position. It is very sensible, a couple of degrees one way changes everything. Is it really the too strong signal causing this? What makes me doubt is two things: my TV tuner has a 4-way internal splitter (two digital and two analog tuners on the same jack). Plus, my cable length was not long enough out of the antenna, so I tried to add another cable, linking them with a 3 way splitter (with just one cable at the output) and the result was about 10 frames per second, so it seems to my amateur eyes that the signal has been attenuated "naturally".
Next step to me would be order online one of the recommended antenna plus an attenuator, but it is such an hassle to return if this was not actually my problem. How can I be sure?
Thank you very much for your valuable input!
