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Post by seanmc1114 on Dec 4, 2006 14:18:02 GMT -5
I live in Reynolds, GA and antennaweb.org tells me the Columbus stations are all around 45 miles from me. I just upgraded from a CM 3671 UHF/VHF combo antenna to a CM4228. I also have a CM 7777 amp. I can now pick up WRBL-DT all day long with a signal strength in the high 90s and sometimes 100 when I use the rotator and I also get WXTX-DT with a signal strength in the high 60s or low 70s but usually only at night. However, when I check for a signal from WTVM-DT and WLTZ-DT I get nothing. My TV is set to recieve signals from an OTA source and when checking for a signal through my DISH 211 HD Receiver, I made sure to use the digital channel numbers and not the analog numbers. Shouldn't I be getting some signals from these two channels? Any advice?
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Post by Mike Slade on Dec 4, 2006 16:53:53 GMT -5
So you're not getting good signal when you point directly at the WXTX and WLTZ towers? I have a buddy in Ellaville, which by the map, appears a little closer than Reynolds. He has the same setup and gets everything but has the most trouble with WTVM and, recently, WLTZ. I think WTVM would be hard for you to get since they are on the short tower right now and are at a lower power than the other stations. He said he had been getting WLTZ fine up until the other day and it stopped coming in for him. Don't know what could be causeing that.
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Post by seanmc1114 on Dec 4, 2006 17:57:53 GMT -5
Thanks for the reply. I have received digital signals from WTVM and WLTZ in the past with the 3671 antenna but only sporadically and only when the atmospheric conditions were perfect. I even occasionally picked up WTVM and WLTZ digital signals. At least now with the 4228 I am receiving very strong consistent signals from WRBL and WXTX. Hopefully when WTVM goes full power and WLTZ's problem gets resolved I will have strong signals from all four networks. Even though I am closer to the Macon towers than Columbus, I get a lot of pixillation when I even get their signals which is usually late at night. I do have a lot of tall trees between me and the Macon towers though. Could that be causing the pixillation?
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Post by crepehanger on Dec 8, 2006 10:11:10 GMT -5
I live in southern Harris County, approximately 23 miles from the WTVM tower according to antennaweb. I can receive WRBL, WLTZ, and WXTX very strong. WTVM though there is absolutely no digital signal, although I get a good analog picture. I'm not surprised being farther out that you are having trouble with 9.
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Post by seanmc1114 on Dec 8, 2006 16:30:16 GMT -5
I live in southern Harris County, approximately 23 miles from the TM tower according to antenna web. I can receive WARBLE, WALTZ, and TX very strong. TM though there is absolutely no digital signal, although I get a good analog picture. I'm not surprised being farther out that you are having trouble with 9. Thanks for the information. Hopefully I will get a strong signal from WTVM when they go full power next year. However, I understand that WLTZ is already at full power and I still have a hard time getting any digital signal from them. Are they in fact at full power? Their signal comes in occasionally but with the worst pixillation I have ever received from any HD signal. I hope this is not what I have to look forward to from now on. By the way, is WLTZ's digital antenna in the same location as their analog source? Antennaweb does not list any digital signals from Columbus for my address so I have used the compass bearings they provide for the analog channels to rotate my antenna. One last question. Being around 45 to 50 miles from the signal sources, is it possible that with a pre-amp I am getting too strong a signal? I wouldn't think so, but I've read a lot of posts about the pros and cons of the pre-amp. |
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Post by Mike Slade on Dec 9, 2006 11:29:19 GMT -5
WLTZ is 50kw. @ 1200 feet. That is in the same location as their analog.
About the amp, I've read that they can help and hurt sometimes. I'd say try it both ways.
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Post by crepehanger on Dec 11, 2006 12:03:36 GMT -5
I think 38's digital tower is same as analog source. I receive 38's signal very strong--second strongest behind WRBL. WXTX can be spotty at times, especially with a strong wind. Sort of odd since they are less than a mile from 38's tower which never wavers.
As far as pre-amps, I have one on my antenna--it's the $30 kind from Home Depot. Without it, 54 and 38 get a little spotty. However, my antenna is mounted in the attic.1
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Post by seanmc1114 on Dec 11, 2006 14:48:06 GMT -5
Yesterday I decided to do a little tweaking to my antenna installation to see if I could improve my reception of WXTX since it kept going in and out during the Falcons game and I was getting a good bit of pixillation when it was coming in with a signal strength around 60%. So I went up on the roof and raised my antenna about five extra feet. As far as I can tell nothing got unhooked or rearranged in the process. Now I get WRBL-DT at 100% but nothing at all from WXTX-DT and still nothing from WLTZ-DT. Can placing the antenna higher actually decrease the signal it receives? I know that signal reception can be odd at times since I have picked up stations as far north as Greeneville, SC and as far south as Talahassee, FL. But it's frustrating not knowing why I can't get a consistently strong signal from my own local networks even though I am not right in Columbus like a lot of y'all.
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