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Reception prob - RF Cafe Forums
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skippy
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Post subject: Reception prob
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 10:04 pm
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Newbie here,hope someone can help. I live about
2 miles from my NBC affiliate, which would be VHF
12. It seems to effect virtually all my local channels,
to such a degree that my fox is completely scrambled
and its UHF 35 , and only 10 miles away. The question
is would the HDTV stuff( it all being UHF) be just
as likely to be shot by this overpowering local
channel? Hope this makes sense.thanks.
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kanling |
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 2:19 pm
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Colonel |
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Joined: Mon Jul 18, 2005
4:31 pm Posts: 32 Location: Baltimore, MD
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Yes, HDTV would be affected by the same overloading.
The trouble you are having with UHF35, in fact,
may be caused by the NBC high def signal, not by
channel 12.
Things to try: 1. Call the
TV station and ask them to provide you some filters
because of overload you are getting. In the past,
they sometimes have. 2. Buy an attenuator at
Radio Shack that will cut the NBC level and still
allow 35 to be viewable. 3. If you feel like
tinkering, you can make a "quarter wave stub" filter
yourself out of coax cable. See a ham radio book
for instructions. 4. Borrow somebody else's TV.
I wouldn't think yours should overload so easily.
By the way, if you are running an antenna amplifier,
all of the trouble is probably there.
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kpainter |
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:50 pm
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Colonel |
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Joined: Wed Aug 20, 2003
11:47 am Posts: 47 Location: Santa Barbara,
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All good advise.
Another option would be
to just turn your set off altogether. You wouldn't
be missing anything useful.
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Posted 11/12/2012
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