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I moved into a new townhome in early October of last year. I subscribed to Dish, not knowing that two of my locals were not available in HD. After installation, I purchased a medium-size ChannelMaster outdoor antenna. Here are the setups I attempted.
1. Test: Antenna in my living room floor. No channels I wanted were recieved.
2. Test: Antenna on my front yard. I recieved the channels but reception was bad.
3. On carport roof: This worked for me. I had both WRCB (NBC) and WTVC (ABC) in HD with reception I could tolerate.
After about two weeks, I lost the signal. The exterior wall of my second story partially blocks the direction toward Chattanoooga. I moved the antenna to the carport roof of my neighbor, which does not block the direction toward Chattanooga. No luck there. I placed it on the second story roof and still have no signal. Today, I purchased a Radio Shack pre-amp with up to 30 dB gain. Installed it on the antenna, and still did not recieve the signal.
Here's the variables. On my own carport, I had less cable running from the antenna. Approx 40 feet. Less signal loss. On the neighbor's roof, more cable, more signal loss. Approx 100 ft. I am using diplexers to bring the signal into the house and the break it up at the reciever. I can attach the cable to the 722 recieveer or my TV. It really doesn't matter.
Now the real question. What happened to my channels? My hometown is Trenton, GA. I will be happy to give my address in a PM if some is willing to troubleshoot with me. Antennaweb states I will not get these in HD, but i have had them as recently as Thanksgiving.
I will check this frequently and update with any addition info needed. Thanks for any help anyone may be able to give.
EDIT #1: I believe all the parts are working. I am recieveing the local TBN affiliate, which is the closest transmitting tower from my home.
I moved into a new townhome in early October of last year. I subscribed to Dish, not knowing that two of my locals were not available in HD. After installation, I purchased a medium-size ChannelMaster outdoor antenna. Here are the setups I attempted.
1. Test: Antenna in my living room floor. No channels I wanted were recieved.
2. Test: Antenna on my front yard. I recieved the channels but reception was bad.
3. On carport roof: This worked for me. I had both WRCB (NBC) and WTVC (ABC) in HD with reception I could tolerate.
After about two weeks, I lost the signal. The exterior wall of my second story partially blocks the direction toward Chattanoooga. I moved the antenna to the carport roof of my neighbor, which does not block the direction toward Chattanooga. No luck there. I placed it on the second story roof and still have no signal. Today, I purchased a Radio Shack pre-amp with up to 30 dB gain. Installed it on the antenna, and still did not recieve the signal.
Here's the variables. On my own carport, I had less cable running from the antenna. Approx 40 feet. Less signal loss. On the neighbor's roof, more cable, more signal loss. Approx 100 ft. I am using diplexers to bring the signal into the house and the break it up at the reciever. I can attach the cable to the 722 recieveer or my TV. It really doesn't matter.
Now the real question. What happened to my channels? My hometown is Trenton, GA. I will be happy to give my address in a PM if some is willing to troubleshoot with me. Antennaweb states I will not get these in HD, but i have had them as recently as Thanksgiving.
I will check this frequently and update with any addition info needed. Thanks for any help anyone may be able to give.
EDIT #1: I believe all the parts are working. I am recieveing the local TBN affiliate, which is the closest transmitting tower from my home.
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