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Originally Posted by middleofnowhere
I'm not getting half of what i'm supposed to be getting. Only NBC, ABC (weak) and two fuzzball analog channels. I got extra PBS with my homebuilt chicken wire antenna!
This is without splitter or amp (don't have it yet), just 75ft dishnetwork cable from antenna to TV.
I can place it (the antenna) out in my yard on a 10ft pole which would decrease trees to none, while adding 25 ft more cable. Would that get better reception? if not, i'll just grab a c490 and deal with it.
One note: It has to go though two joiners (not splitters, just cable screw connectors) before it gets to the TV. Could this cause undue cable loss?
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Does this mean you have a C290 in place?
As teleview already mentioned, used coax is suspect, particularly if it's been outside. If the ends have not been sealed from the weather 100% of the time, it's nearly certain you've got water in the coax -- if so, discard it and start with new.
Trees can be quite troublesome. The effect of a tree in the path is much more difficult to overcome than the small amount of loss due to a few extra feet of coax. More important than just signal strength, a tree will reduce the quality of the signal. Amplifiers can not correct multipath or similar signal quality problems.