John Bastock
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- Nov 17, 2005
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I currently am a DirectTv subscriber & have HD service through them. I have my off air antenna hooked up to their Hughes HTL-HD receiver. With this antenna (Terk TV36) I am able to pick up 15 local digital stations, along with various analog stations as well. Last Saturday, all but 2 of the stations “have gone black” with the “No Signal” message at the bottom of the screen. By checking the signal strength button, all of them register in the “Bad” range with just the smallest of yellow bar showing. For the last week this has been the situation, with no change what so ever with weather changes. (We have had the full spectrum of sunshine, clear skies, rain, etc). All of the satellite channels work fine. There appears to be some loss in the analog channel signal as well, but since I never spent any time watching these channels, it’s hard to say how much.
The antenna is not outside but in the rafters of the attic high on the second floor. I have checked all of the wiring from roof to receiver, and since all of the cable is enclosed, there is no issue here. The antenna appears the same as it did when I installed it 2 years ago.
My next step was to call DirectTv, which was of no help as they took me through the standard practice of rebooting the receiver and rescanning the channels. (Thing’s I had already done before calling them.)
Since most all of the channels do not come in, I am sure it is not a broadcast issue with the local stations. My neighbor about ¼ of a mile down the street gets all of the channels fine.
My question is, what can I do next? I don’t want to start replacing items unless I can test to see if they are bad. Can an antenna go bad? DirectTv offered to send out someone on a service call for $70 but since their main troubleshooters are for their satellite system, I’m afraid they may not find the issue.
Any help or direction anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated
The antenna is not outside but in the rafters of the attic high on the second floor. I have checked all of the wiring from roof to receiver, and since all of the cable is enclosed, there is no issue here. The antenna appears the same as it did when I installed it 2 years ago.
My next step was to call DirectTv, which was of no help as they took me through the standard practice of rebooting the receiver and rescanning the channels. (Thing’s I had already done before calling them.)
Since most all of the channels do not come in, I am sure it is not a broadcast issue with the local stations. My neighbor about ¼ of a mile down the street gets all of the channels fine.
My question is, what can I do next? I don’t want to start replacing items unless I can test to see if they are bad. Can an antenna go bad? DirectTv offered to send out someone on a service call for $70 but since their main troubleshooters are for their satellite system, I’m afraid they may not find the issue.
Any help or direction anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated