[JohnWill]

I found mine on the web and got 50 RG-6 and 50 RG-59 connectors too, I've worked my way through about 1/2 of them in the three years since I picked it up. It has make it MUCH easier to run cables for me and a number of other people.

[Drabdr]

Originally Posted by Elvandil

I have all that. I worked for a few years putting in satellite dishes until everyone had one.

Well..don't you think that would have been a useful piece of information about three posts back??

Here I am explaining something you can do twice as well as I can.

I didn't know about the instant connectors. I got one of those heavy duty crimpers that seem to do fairly well.

Originally Posted by Elvandil

I already have the cable, but I'm thinking of making some cuts along the way to see if I can narrow down where the problem exists, just out of curiosity.

I was intrigued with this. Do you know you have a cable problem and you're trying to narrow it down, or are you still figuring out if it's the cable?

[JohnWill]

I think he pretty well knows it the cable from the description I'm reading.

[Elvandil]

Originally Posted by Drabdr

Well..don't you think that would have been a useful piece of information about three posts back??

Here I am explaining something you can do twice as well as I can.

I didn't know about the instant connectors. I got one of those heavy duty crimpers that seem to do fairly well.



I was intrigued with this. Do you know you have a cable problem and you're trying to narrow it down, or are you still figuring out if it's the cable?

LOL. Well, I appreciate the effort. I guess I should post a CV with the comments?

In any case, with all that has been going on with my house being renovated, I haven't tracked that problem down yet. My plan is to start at the amp and make cuts every 10-20 feet to check for a voltage until I figure out what area is the problem.

I'll let you know how it comes out. It really bugs me, too, but I can't think of any new explanations. The fact that about all I watch are movies on the internet has slowed the effort to fix the wire. And I now have my transmitter for watching those movies on the regular TV's.

[Elvandil]

Originally Posted by Drabdr

Well..don't you think that would have been a useful piece of information about three posts back??

Here I am explaining something you can do twice as well as I can.

I didn't know about the instant connectors. I got one of those heavy duty crimpers that seem to do fairly well.



I was intrigued with this. Do you know you have a cable problem and you're trying to narrow it down, or are you still figuring out if it's the cable?

If you're still curious, I finally tracked down the problem after getting sick of watching TV on the net.

The roof on the house was replaced some 5 years ago. After making a couple cuts in the cable and still getting power, I started checking around the area where the wire went through the roof. I happened to notice a very small white spot on the cable, maybe 2 pin-pricks in size. It looked like maybe a roofing nail had slightly nicked the cable.

When I stripped back some insulation, nothing but white aluminum oxide appeared. The ground had apparently gotten a tiny bit of moisture over the years through that very small hole and was completely gone for about 6 inches inside the cable itself. Never saw anything like this before. Cut out the bad section and TV is crystal clear. It makes me wonder whether my picture could have been better for a very long time.

[JohnWill]

Good job.

[Drabdr]

Yes! Thank you for touching base to let us know what you found.

[itsjusme]

We have the same problems here in fla. My reception was fine before the switch. I sold a friend 50` of tower, he put up a new "digital" antenna.haha He bought a booster, new high quality converter box, all new coax and connectors, he had a fine signal and picked up over 40 channels before the switch. He could even point at Pensecola and pick up several stations there(80-90 miles as the crow and rf fly). Now he barely gets half of those channels and the picture is pixelated and garbled half the time. Fortunately, as someone else said, theres nothing on tv fit to watch now anyway. I think it`s a conspiracy to force everyone to buy new equipment, every politician must have a brother in law in the tv antenna business. LOL

[lotuseclat79]

Don't change that channel: DTV woes still abound.

Think the digital TV transition is over? Not quite. Many viewers have found that they can't pick up certain stations after the switch, even with the right TVs or converter boxes. The stations are still trying to figure out ways to help them tune in.

This article explains a lot about the problem, and confirms the reduced power transmission I mentioned in one of my previous posts about the problem in my area.

My current experience is that the stations are still losing pixels at times, and the power display on my DTV remote indicates that it is still too low for good reception even though I have the 50 db boost fully on in my indoor antenna.

Congress should never have mandated the switch to DTV and just should have let the market figure out what was required for a smoother transition. Not the first nor the last time Congress has/will have been duped by its lack of knowledge over what it makes into laws IMHO!

-- Tom

[Wino]

The article pretty much confirms all that was told me by local TV station engineer (see post #31 in this thread). They have done something to improve their signal as I can now get their station flawlessly. Some others still no good, but I don't watch those channels any time.

[JohnWill]

TV still coming in fine over my fiber connection.