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    OTA Antenna Troubleshoot

    This looks alot like a Winegard CS 7082. It's UHF and VHF and I can't see any missing elements but on the bottom side there should be a blue clear plastic box that has a circuit board inside. There's a couple of common misinstalation problems associated with the circuit board. Make sure at the...
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    OTA and poor HD reception

    Sounds like you're right on the edge for HDTV reception. Have you really tried moving the antenna for better reception? Moving it closer to a window that faces the transmitter direction would help for instance. Usually it's easiest to choose an analog UHF station on the same tower as your HDTV...
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    Diplexing security video and DirecTV

    A composite video feed is likely to occupy 0 to 5 Mhz more or less. If your talking about the line from the receiver to the dish I think that the LNB voltage and polarity switching voltages from the Receiver are incompatible with the security video. If your talking about the line with video from...
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    OTA question

    Running another cable from your OTA and getting rid of the diplexers would make a huge difference. Ditto for putting the antenna outside. Are you sure the OTA is pointed for max signal?
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    OTA question

    I think you're right on the edge as far as your OTA signal goes and the roughly 5db loss the diplexer introduces pushes you over the cliff. You need more signal from your OTA antenna. It's not a wet/dry situation is it as unprotected connections can have significantly more loss if moisture is...
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    Directv through Condo association?

    There's different kinds of DTV service at condos. Some are like regular cable in that there's a cable headend where a limited number of Direct channels are received and transformed into regular cable channels. The other is where all the Direct channels are sent down the cable and each tennant...