Had this setup for years and never had a problem. Scanner just hums along no issues, TV worked great.
Last weekend I I change channels on the TV and the channel is very poor, signal strength is very low. Odd... I checked with the inlaws less then 500 yards away, no problem with that channel and Scanner is just doing great (They are ran through a combiner and have for years with no issues).
Ok, I climb my tower and check connections, all looks fine, antenna is pointing at the translator site (14 miles away clear line of site). climb back down. Nope still poor signal on that one channel. The translator has one or two channels on UHF the rest is VHF.
Hmmmm, maybe coax, its been up there for years but was sealed properly. Replaced coax with double shielded 75 ohm. clean contacts.
Same problem. Grrr. change to my backup antenna at ground level. same problem. Now I'm really confused. Check other TV and it only shows poor signal on that one channel. Take combiner out and go direct to TV, same problem on both TVs. Obviously scanner stopped receiving when disconnected.
I sit down and crack open a beer as I missed my program I wanted to watch. Everything reconnected. I leave the TV on the poor signal channel scratching my head.
Then my wife walks over and opens the sliding glass thermal window. POOF, signal jumps up comes in clear as a bell. All channels are totally fine. I asked her to close the window. The signal drops to nil. again only on that one channel. Open window signal jumps back up
Coax isn't anywhere near that window, comes down the tower enters the house through ice shield to eve 6 feet away from the window.. Antenna is 35' above the window on the tower.
I have helped design and install public safety systems, repeaters on mountain tops, dispatch centers, upfit ambulances and patrol cars, yet this one channel only reliably works with the ()*&^%#*&%(&^)*^* window open. I'm also on the Translator board so I know the physical freqs of the channels. Nothing has changed at the translator. My scanner is monitoring PS freqs on both VHF and UHF.
WHAT AM I MISSING????? (and no, I can't just leave the window open, wife gets upset in the winter in far north Idaho with the window open)
Changed coax, swapped antennas, nothing has changed at translator site. I even installed a mast mount preamp, didn't help. I'm sure it is something stupid I'm missing.
Ideas?
Scanner just keeps humming away, no issues.
Last weekend I I change channels on the TV and the channel is very poor, signal strength is very low. Odd... I checked with the inlaws less then 500 yards away, no problem with that channel and Scanner is just doing great (They are ran through a combiner and have for years with no issues).
Ok, I climb my tower and check connections, all looks fine, antenna is pointing at the translator site (14 miles away clear line of site). climb back down. Nope still poor signal on that one channel. The translator has one or two channels on UHF the rest is VHF.
Hmmmm, maybe coax, its been up there for years but was sealed properly. Replaced coax with double shielded 75 ohm. clean contacts.
Same problem. Grrr. change to my backup antenna at ground level. same problem. Now I'm really confused. Check other TV and it only shows poor signal on that one channel. Take combiner out and go direct to TV, same problem on both TVs. Obviously scanner stopped receiving when disconnected.
I sit down and crack open a beer as I missed my program I wanted to watch. Everything reconnected. I leave the TV on the poor signal channel scratching my head.
Then my wife walks over and opens the sliding glass thermal window. POOF, signal jumps up comes in clear as a bell. All channels are totally fine. I asked her to close the window. The signal drops to nil. again only on that one channel. Open window signal jumps back up
Coax isn't anywhere near that window, comes down the tower enters the house through ice shield to eve 6 feet away from the window.. Antenna is 35' above the window on the tower.
I have helped design and install public safety systems, repeaters on mountain tops, dispatch centers, upfit ambulances and patrol cars, yet this one channel only reliably works with the ()*&^%#*&%(&^)*^* window open. I'm also on the Translator board so I know the physical freqs of the channels. Nothing has changed at the translator. My scanner is monitoring PS freqs on both VHF and UHF.
WHAT AM I MISSING????? (and no, I can't just leave the window open, wife gets upset in the winter in far north Idaho with the window open)
Changed coax, swapped antennas, nothing has changed at translator site. I even installed a mast mount preamp, didn't help. I'm sure it is something stupid I'm missing.
Ideas?
Scanner just keeps humming away, no issues.