Is anyone successfully using an A/B switch for using 2 different antenna's to pick up two different cities OTA stations?
Voom and A/B Switch for antenna
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Yep, they work as advertised.
If you're not lazy (unlike me), you can try a high isolation A/B switch like the one found at Radio Shack: http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog_name=CTLG&product_id=15-1216
If you're lazy (like me), you can try a remote controlled A/B switch like the following Radio Shack model: http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?cookie_test=1&catalog_name=CTLG&product_id=15-1968
Avoid the they "cheapy" A/B switches, which are also offered at Radio Shack and elsewhere.
If you're not lazy (unlike me), you can try a high isolation A/B switch like the one found at Radio Shack: http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog_name=CTLG&product_id=15-1216
If you're lazy (like me), you can try a remote controlled A/B switch like the following Radio Shack model: http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?cookie_test=1&catalog_name=CTLG&product_id=15-1968
Avoid the they "cheapy" A/B switches, which are also offered at Radio Shack and elsewhere.
So let me make sure you are doing this:
You have a Voom box which is being fed by by a rat shack A/B switch?
Are you running 6.2 of the Voom software?
I have 1 antenna pointed toward Dayton Ohio to the north and 1 antenna pointed to the south toward Cinci., Ohio. I had to run 2 scans of the locals to pick them up initially and get them listed in the guide.
Now, I can only actually pull up the Cinci. ones when I select them in the program guide..even when I change the A/B switch to Dayton. I also tried taking the A/B switch out of the loop and putting the Dayton feed directly to the back of the receiver..Still cannot pull up Dayton. When I have the Dayton lead directly into the reciever and try to run the scan, it does not find any of the Dayton stations.
Do I have to reboot the reciever? Hate to think I would have to do that everytime!
You have a Voom box which is being fed by by a rat shack A/B switch?
Are you running 6.2 of the Voom software?
I have 1 antenna pointed toward Dayton Ohio to the north and 1 antenna pointed to the south toward Cinci., Ohio. I had to run 2 scans of the locals to pick them up initially and get them listed in the guide.
Now, I can only actually pull up the Cinci. ones when I select them in the program guide..even when I change the A/B switch to Dayton. I also tried taking the A/B switch out of the loop and putting the Dayton feed directly to the back of the receiver..Still cannot pull up Dayton. When I have the Dayton lead directly into the reciever and try to run the scan, it does not find any of the Dayton stations.
Do I have to reboot the reciever? Hate to think I would have to do that everytime!
