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motrac
12-28-2005, 03:24 PM
looking to pick your brains for some ideas. i've been trying to pull in 8-1 at my parents house in venice for at least a year and can't. i'm using a antennas direct v-21 vhf/uhf yagi, a dishnetwork 921 and a cm 7777 pre-amp.

all other riverview stations come in strong and solid including 38-1. what has me baffled is i'm using the exact same equipment 30 miles further south in port charlotte and i get 8-1 solid? and i installed the same antenna at a friends house in south venice about halfway between my house and my parents and can get 8-1
with a voom receiver and no pre-amp? all 3 locations are pulling in ft. myers off the
back of the antenna solid.
is anyone else on the same tower as 8-1? if so i'll try to peak them. any ideas?
Bschneider
12-28-2005, 03:36 PM
Can you pick up WTVT 13-1?
motrac
12-29-2005, 08:54 AM
Can you pick up WTVT 13-1?

13-1 solid at all 3 locations.
Bschneider
12-29-2005, 11:35 AM
Regarding your earlier question about 8-1 sharing with another station: Off the top of my head I don't know but I will find out and let you know.

Have you taken your parent's receiver to your house to rule out that it is not the receiver?
motrac
12-29-2005, 03:07 PM
Their 921 first belonged to me and I had 8-1 solid with it at my house.
I have their antenna mounted to the chimney, tomorrow I'm going to move it
to the other side of the chimney just to see if it makes a difference.
Dknow
12-30-2005, 06:36 AM
sounds to me like you need help in the VHF range since 8-1 is the only channel that is low VHF.
Bschneider
12-30-2005, 07:15 AM
Dknow - don't forget that 13-1 (12-1) is in the VHF range. Granted its in the upper range but nevertheless the VHF range.
Bschneider
12-30-2005, 01:05 PM
WFLA [8], WFTS [28], WTTA [38], WFTT [50] all share a tower together.
motrac
12-30-2005, 04:32 PM
WFLA [8], WFTS [28], WTTA [38], WFTT [50] all share a tower together.

I just got back from their house, I moved the antenna to the other side of
the chimney and raised it as much as I could and still can't even get 8-1 to
show a signal in the green let alone lock in. 28,38, and even 50 are solid and locked. Sunday I'll peak it to those channels and see if it mades a diiference.
Right now I'm peak to 13 with a signal of 113. Thanks for your help.