Need help. No DC50 (TheCW) and ABC (WJLA) signal

[comicrage]

Hi,

I have been climbing up and down the roof for the past 3 weekends to figure out how to get channel 50 (DC50 TheCW) and 7 (WJLA ABC). I live in Silver Spring, MD (20902 zip code). I mounted a Terk Slim outdoor antenna (the square shape) about 3 years ago and I got all the channels. Currently, I am not getting TheCW and ABC signal. My tuner meter does not show any signal strength. I purchased a cheap antenna (from ebay) and it gave me the same results. I tried unmounting the Terk and held it in my hand. I called down to my friend and asked if I was getting any signal increase changes on both channels and nothing was showing up. Basically, I manually rotated the Terk antenna 360 degrees to find something. Although it was a few years ago when I got all the channels, I am confused why two channels went out.

Any help is greatly appreciated. I am asking for help to avoid continuous roof climbing.

Thanks,
CR

[tigerbangs]

WJLA went back to it's original channel 7 dial position on June 12, and many people have had similar issues to yours. The Terk antenna that you have is not a good antenna for VHF, since it only sees vertically polarized VHF signals, and none exist in North America. My recommendation to you would be to replace the Terk with a conventional VHF-high-band plus UHF antenna like a Winegard HD-7694P or a HD-7696P, which will help you with both WDCA and WJLA