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I presume you are referring to KPRC (NBC, real channel 35, virtual channel 2.X) and KIAH (CW, real channel 38, virtual channel 39.X).
Is reception of KIAH stable or does it break-up?
Can you afford to buy a 'test' cable? I would be curious to know how the system performs when you connect the antenna to only the TV you are using as your signal meter. The goal is to determine with some certainty, the quality of the signal from the antenna and to remove (while testing) the possible problems in your distribution network.
Are all of the 4-way splitter ports connected to sets or 'capped' with terminating resistors?
Broken, bent or missing elements are not going to improve the antennas performance. However, if only one of the longest elements is missing, I doubt the effect on the UHF channels will be much. In your area everyone is using high-VHF or UHF channels, K04QT is an exception but rabbitears.com indicates it is not on the air and you would need to use a rotator or separate antenna to get it anyway.
If you have been able to loosen the hardware to replace the matching transformer, I'm inclined to hold off from recommending replacement of the antenna... for now.
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Last edited by GroundUrMast; 11-Jun-2011 at 1:24 AM.
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