anyone with tv tuner and OTA atsc experience i need help

[bldgengineer]

Up until a month ago I was receiving 30+ over the air channels with no problem. Now all of the sudden I can only pick up 3 which come from the same station (22.1, 22.2, 22.3) This is also the closest station to me.

I have tried a new amplifier and now a new tuner card with the same luck. Does anyone know of a different solution?

Old tuner = avertvhd a188
New tuner = hauppauge 2250

Any help os much appreciated!!

 

[Okedokey]

I would suggest you look at your antenae as you have isolated it to not be a part of your computer.

 

[bldgengineer]

the antenna should be fine. it hasn't moved from the same spot it has been in. is there something else that can go bad that I'm not thinking of?

 

[tremmor]

Outside i can get many local channels with Avermedia.
Inside nothing. Had to run a coax cable and plug in.
Get many.

 

[bldgengineer]

My antenna has always been in the attic. I used to get all of my local stations from both baltimore and washington dc when I live 30 miles away from both cities. I also used to pick up stations from 60 miles away in a complete different direction. Then one day it was like a light switch and everything shut down???

 

[Okedokey]

My only suggestion would be to reinstall windows.

 

[bldgengineer]

ugh god I feel stupid...tracked it down to a bad noise filter...sorry guys

 

[tremmor]

Its the adventure and figuring it out........again.
Pops up once in a while with computers and another obstacle.
Its called figured it out and success. My question is how did you
determine it was a noise filter and how did you fix it?

I tried the antenna in the house that came with Avermedia and only worked
outside. No tv or AM/FM inside. The coax works well as mentioned.

 

[bldgengineer]

I forgot it was there until I was in the attic messing around with the antenna. I put a multimeter across both sides of the filter and didn't get any resistance at all so it was basically an open circuit so I just took the line going to the distibution box and hooked it straight to the antenna and presto! I actually have more channels than I did before lol

My antenna is fairly decent size and is built to be outside on in the attic:

http://www.antennasdirect.com/store/DB4_HDTV_antenna.html

I am currently picking up channels over 120 miles away from me!

 

[Okedokey]

I forgot it was there until I was in the attic messing around with the antenna. I put a multimeter across both sides of the filter and didn't get any resistance at all so it was basically an open circuit...QUOTE]

Open circuit would be infinite resistance actually. I knew it couldn't be the computer...