09-29-2011, 08:38 PM
My DTV receiver displays signal strength. I can see that below 60% signal strength, that's when the picture cuts out on my TV from some OTA broadcasters.
While I get great reception most of the time, on especially cloudy days, during storms, and late at night there are several stations with signals that drop to 50-60% strength for several minutes at a time which means there will be no picture or sound from those stations for several minutes at a time.
No manipulation of my antenna can pull in a better signal when this happens.
So, I was thinking: I have reception. I simply have to raise the quality of the signal getting to the receiver by around 10%. Going over my setup, I've guesstimated a drop of probably 10-12dB from the cables and splitter that I can't get around. I could try a different antenna or I could try an amplifier.
I'm poised to get a 19dB-UHF/17dB-VHF HDTV signal booster. 'Think that'd do the job?
While I get great reception most of the time, on especially cloudy days, during storms, and late at night there are several stations with signals that drop to 50-60% strength for several minutes at a time which means there will be no picture or sound from those stations for several minutes at a time.
No manipulation of my antenna can pull in a better signal when this happens.
So, I was thinking: I have reception. I simply have to raise the quality of the signal getting to the receiver by around 10%. Going over my setup, I've guesstimated a drop of probably 10-12dB from the cables and splitter that I can't get around. I could try a different antenna or I could try an amplifier.
I'm poised to get a 19dB-UHF/17dB-VHF HDTV signal booster. 'Think that'd do the job?