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Originally Posted by slmoore
I am not getting anything on the following, which are pretty important to us for college football & kids programming:
ABC - 5.1/7
PBS - 13.1/13
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Poor reception of only VHF stations occur for three primary reasons;
1. Incorrect antenna
2. Interference
3. UHF works better than VHF with indoor antennas.
Assuming that you've rescanned properly, your antenna is fine for VHF, so interference must be considered.
Where could interference be coming from?
Strong FM stations
Power Lines
Electronic equipment in your home
It seems that your FM stations arrive from the same antenna farm as the TV stations. That is a good thing. Verify it using FMfool. If any FM stations are 30 db or more stronger than the TV stations, it's worth trying a filter.
To look for bad power lines, tune the AM radio in your car to 530 KHz. If you hear loud buzzing near your house, call the power company to have it fixed.
To rule out your own equipment, turn off every circuit breaker in the house except the one feeding the TV set. Turn off everything but the equipment needed to watch TV. Then do the double rescan. If VHF reception works, turn things back on one at a time until the interference recurs.
If you find that you need to relocate the antenna outdoors to pick up VHF, the homeowners association can't prevent you from installing a TV antenna on your own property.