Hello All,
I am located in Berwick north area, but am situated on the wrong side of a hill (blocking Mt Dandenong transmitter).
I have an antenna on rooftop, with masthead amp (old kingray unit approx 10 yrs old) mounted on mast. Without the amp, i do not have an acceptable signal.
In Jan this year i begun to have severe reception problems where i would completely lose my signal at certain times of day.
FInally during May, i figured it was LTE intereference and fitting an AI FAE60 lte filter at the input of my masthead amp solved my reception problems and had trouble free reception. (my mast head amp didn't have built in filter)
Now, a month ago, i started getting intermittent problems again.
This time, however, i don't lose all channels, but Nine and ABC are hardest hit and do not get a picture at all. Seven pixelates at times, Ten seems unaffected and SBS seems ok as well.
On TV menu, signal check shows very high (10/10) signal strength, but poor signal quality (3-5/10 when no signal and 10/10 when signal is fine).
I was up on roof and checked my existing filter and all seemed in order. (Still mechanically fastened and secured to masthead amp)
I was wondering if I am again getting LTE intereference? Maybe the LTE strength is stronger than before and my FAE60 doesn't have enough attenuation? I understand that more and more 4G transmitters are being activated and perhaps the power is increasing in my area. I know that my street (small court on south side of steep hill), is a black spot on the telstra 4G coverage map.
Any ideas or advice from people who know the Berwick north area and local TV reception issues recently possibly relating to 4G / LTE?
Perhaps i buy a second filter and run two filters in series to provide double the attenutation?
Thanks for any help.
Simon