Recent content by Gigawatt

I ended up getting mine working. Am currently in a condo and can't use my dish, but will be buying a house next year so have all my receivers in a closet. Thanks for getting back to me! Regards, Scot

Therein lies the whole disconcerting mess, one day it is fine and the day I really want to tune into something, it is erratic and I get extremely annoyed with the whole routine. This is why I am searching for something that will be consistent. Have you heard of any success with the ATF...

Interesting. I found the tilt tip just by accident! Would you suggest the Yagi in addition to or in lieu of the 8 bay bowtie? Any suggestions on the most high-powered Yagi? After looking at CM's chart, I don't know if Yagi is the answer given the distance factor. The 8 bay seems to have the...

I am about a 50 foot cable run. I am using the 4 quad insulated cable, if that makes a difference. I have found that tilting the antenna does help. My receiver is a Toshiba DST 3000. I am not splitting any signal. It comes directly from the antenna to my receiver. Only one HDTV in the...

I am keeping the picture. What is so annoying is the pixelation or audio interuption that is occurring. I thought I had it licked yesterday. My next step will be to purchase the better pre-amp. When it gets to this type & frequency of interruption, even turning the rotor doesn't help. I am...

Keep looking you might smarta**! Actually I spoke too soon. I am back to on & off reception again. I am really at a loss. Can anyone explain why last night I am getting 100% on everything and tonight I am back to an erratic signal? Too perplexed for words!!!!!!

SUCCESS!!!! One of the main issues brought to my attention by Channel Master during my conversation with their technical support (Wayne Massengill - yes, they will call you back!) was the fact that my 300 OHM lead wire coming from my antenna to pre-amp was just dangling from point to point...

50-55 miles. What is STB?

Toshiba DST-3000

A rotor is part of the setup.

Just got off the phone w/Channel Master and they suggested that pre-amp. He also suggested standoffs for the 300 ohm wire attaching the antenna to the pre-amp. He suggested that this my main issue now. I am going to change out the pre-amp and see if I can't run down all possible glitches. I...

That seems to be my M.O. as well. Funny you should mention it, I just replaced all of the cabling with quad/4 layer RJ-6. So all new cabling, with extra insulation and of course all new connectors. I am getting NBC around 72 strength. ABC & CBS are 93 - 100. But sometimes NBC will be...

I am using a CM 4228 antenna with a Spartan 3041DSB pre-amp and have this mounted on a CM rotator approximately 13 feet above my 20' roof line. I am approximately 55 miles from the signal source. Upon initial installation, my reception was flawless. I did have to rotate the antenna to receive...

He's gotta save some scratch, he owes the Brown's $22M!! Every little bit helps!! Plus, it's expensive keeping a vast knife collection RAZOR SHARP!