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Old 02-16-2015, 06:20 PM
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You understand the item I put up is not a preamp/ signal booster....?

I did not see an antenna on the solid signal site that looked like yours, and it's an assumption
on my part that there is a UHF/VHF signal combiner of some sort before the pre-amp.

If it's built into the preamp or the preamp has separate inputs there is a chance that
there is corrosion or some other connection problem before the preamp.

For the most part your preamp, and most preamps, can handle both UHF and VHF unless
they were specifically designed for only one of the two bands.

If you lost only one band, and when you remove the power, reception gets worse, then
I would say the preamp is working, but the signal combiner, or connections
before the preamp are at fault.....

Send a picture of your antenna to Winegard and have them identify it, and
ask them if there is a combiner before the preamp, or if it's a all in one
package..... They may have the parts available to fix it with no unreliable
retro-fitting that may end up causing problems....

Are you sure it's a Winegard....?

Take a look at this antenna.... http://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp...698P&ss=458460

This is the one I have.... Click the specifications tab, you will see 3 pictures
of the installation of the combiner. See the itty bitty aluminum wires they
are feeding into the plastic box.... These items are pressed into a kinda
pinch connection on the combiner. This can corrode and fail, or the board
can corrode and fail. This part may be bad, and is cheaper than a preamp.
Who knows you may even be able to clean up the connections with some
emery cloth, and cleaner and fix it with no parts...

Is that item on ebay for your antenna??? Is that your antenna preamp CP-2880 ??
Have you already identified the antenna....?

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