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Good Day Houston & Splicer, I had some success today. The Winegard 7696P arrived yesterday and I couldn't wait to get off work to get on that project. I feel like a kid at Christmas. So anyway, I tried the antenna without the Blonder Tongue preamp, reception was poor, only 4 UHF channels and...

I'm in the doghouse already and if I keep spending money on all these suggestions and don't get Days of Our Lives I'll be heading for divorce court. You guys will probably like a picture of that too.......

Splicer, I have the mast which is 30 feet of 1 1/2 rigid conduit attached to a 45 foot pine tree . At the point of contact I have a heavy hinge arrangement which allows me to lower the mast with a pulley. I however must climb up to about 4o feet to the safety latch I have installed to prevent...

Splicer, I'm going to go with Houstons suggestion. Without the preamp first. I'll adapt with connectors later if necessary.

Houston, Your point is well made. I do have several coax to coax adapters on the shelf. I can't help but think your suggestion of use without preamp first is a good recommendation. Fewer parts, less noise. Sure I'll try it first. It will be some extra work but it could prove to be worth it...

Houston, You assume correctly, two 300 ohm wires from the antenna connections to the preamp, then a single coax to the power supply. Other than saving power, is there a reason you wish to use the 7696 by itself?

Houston, I intend to use only the 7696p with the Blonder tongue amp which has two 300 ohm inputs with 1 single coax out. The antenna mast is to fragile to hold up two antennas in heavy wind. BTW is there a solution to the icing of the antenna elements during winter rain conditions?

styxfix, It sounds bizarre that channel 11 is the actual 28-1, which is the channel we watched prior to installing the preamp? Anyway the winegard 7696p is on the way. I'll be installing it sometime next week. I'll keep all posted.

Wow, many suggestions. Well I ordered the winegard 7696p, $92.50 delivered. I'm only a little worried about weight and wind resistance. 3 years ago the original antenna, a gift from a friend, broke due to ice build up. The antenna I presently have I'm sure is a Channelmaster. I don't remember...

Ok guys, I've gotten the message. The preamp has duel input for 300 ohm, one of which is connected to the UHF antenna and a single coax output. I'm shopping for a combo antenna, probably will buy the winegard 7694, it has good gain and the towers are approximately <30 miles from my home. Any...

Lost channel No I did not remove the preamp on the antenna. Lowering the antenna is about an hour job and I no one available to help with the guide wires. I will try that strategy in the near future when I have help. I noticed when I went to the suggested site TV Fool that the missing channel...

Lost channel No I don't have any spec for the preamp output, I did however try the suggestion of removing the amp at the TV end of the coax. No signal came through, which of course means no channels available. I reconnected and turned the antenna 30 degrees east and then west to try to detune...

Thanks splicer, what would you suggest to de-tune the signal strength?

I live in Northeastern Pa. This morning after watching Channel 28 WBRE news I installed a Blonder Tongue preamp Vaulter III on the Channel master uhf antenna I have positioned at about 50' in elevation, with hope of getting additional stations. After re-erecting the antenna I discovered I had...