Need help bad

[icunme2]

hi,i am new to the forum,and have been having serious problems with ota reception.I have a outside antenna about 35ft high with a rca preamp install right under the antenna.coax rg6 leads down to a 4way power pass splitter,from there,i have 3 tv sets hooked to splitter going in different directions.On any given day at different times of day television in the living room loses signal,pixalate and just plain horrible to watch.other 2 tvs playing on the same channel showing perfect picture.Some time this television shows nicely no problem.i am always out rotating my antenna to no avail.Now here comes the kicker.There is a cellphone tower about a quarter mile across my back yard.Wow could it be it.If so what could i buy to correct this problem.

 

[comfortably_numb]

If the other 2 TV's are pulling the stations in with no issues, then it could be an issue with the line running to the TV with pixelating issues.

 

[icunme2]

hey,that just may be what's wrong.will get out there tomorrow and check it out.will post back

 

[primestar31]

Try swapping the coax going to the pixelating tv, on to the splitter ports of one of the ones that has a perfect picture. See if the pixelating one now has a perfect picture, and the formerly good one now has a pixelating picture. That'll give you further data points to diagnose the issue.
rabbit73

 

[arlo]

Without a signal meter it is a remote possibility that the tv with issues may just not have that "hot" of a tuner with enough sensitivity to lock a picture. What is the dB loss per splitter port?

 

[Larry1]

Does the fourth, unused port of the splitter have a terminating resistor on its connector or is it just left open and unused?

 

[icunme2]

Try swapping the coax going to the pixelating tv, on to the splitter ports of one of the ones that has a perfect picture. See if the pixelating one now has a perfect picture, and the formerly good one now has a pixelating picture. That'll give you further data points to diagnose the issue.
rabbit73

Thanx

 

[Route66Fan]

There is a cellphone tower about a quarter mile across my back yard.

You could try getting & using a 4G LTE filter.

 

[icunme2]

thats been on my mind for a while,thanks will order one today.