Okay, for those of you who don't know, I live in Rochester, Minnesota. But anyways, I'm having trouble with the signal even with local locals the last few days, especially today (it's 4/6/16). I'm pretty positive it's just the weather, but I thought I'd check and ask you guys for certain. Thoughts?
Having trouble with signal with OTA last few days, it's just the weather right?
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Just a thought. What type of weather have you had lately? Rainy? If so, possible moisture incursion into your coax?
That's kind of a worst case scenario. I'm hoping it's something else but if it's been working fine and after you get a lot of rain it acts up it's a real possibilty. Be sure to check everything else first, antenna moved or damaged, loose connection, bad or failing amp, etc. If it does turn out to be moisture in the coax it will require replacement. Good luck!
I notice other stations are working now mostly. I'm assuming the signal will get better?
Keep an eye on it. If it's dropping stations when it rains, then clears up after the sun comes out again, could be water getting into a transformer or connector. If it's spotty when windy could be a broken or loose connector, transformer or connection to the antenna.
It's cheap $$ to check connectors for corrosion and replace antenna transformers. Soooo, maybe do that before it goes out again.
Gets rid of that variable anyway.
Don't use indoor rated transformers outside. IDK how many times people have called me and all it took was replacing the transformer with a proper one.
It's cheap $$ to check connectors for corrosion and replace antenna transformers. Soooo, maybe do that before it goes out again.
Gets rid of that variable anyway.
Don't use indoor rated transformers outside. IDK how many times people have called me and all it took was replacing the transformer with a proper one.
