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I've had a Winegard 7698P OTA UHF/VHF w/ WG AP-8700 pre-amp for over 6 years now with solid signal strength, very few dropouts on all channels from NYC.
For the past few months my signal (during summer and winter) has degraded;
especially on 5-1 and 4-1 and 9-1 (had to re-aim to get 2-1 perfect)
7-1, 11-1, 13-1 is strong.
Seems like VHF is strong and the UHF channels have become weak;
especially at certain times of the day (early and late they are weak).
At first I thought it was the pin oak in the line of sight, but it has since lost all it's leaves and I have the same issue.
I have been re-aiming it with little gain.
Sigh, what type of maintenance do I need to do on this antenna?
Is the pre-amp passed it's life expectancy?
Any tests I can run to narrow down the cause?
Thanks guys.