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I wrote the following a couple of weeks ago...
""I have exactly the same problem as Stephen
(Tuesday 2 July 2013 11:48PM, on the same channels and with approximately the same reception values (also sourced from a Humax HDR-FOX T2), it is also on all the reception devices (4xTV, 1xHumax PVR & 1xDTV USB stick for laptop reception)
The only difference is that I live in north Manchester. The aerial is pointing in the direction of Winter Hill and is not obscured in any way as I live on top of a hill.""
The problem is now resolved.
I recently received an 800MHz filter free of charge from 'at800' as my area is possibly going to be affected by the new 4G signals. I had to fit the filter in the loft where the TV signal amplifier/distributor is sited. I have not touched it for years and the input plug was very heavily oxidised (as were the output plugs - they are all good quality aluminium plugs)and the plug was difficult to remove. When I finally removed the plug I decided to renew it and also to renew two of the output plugs and to clean the rest of them that were in reasonable condition.
I now have good reception on all channels, although channel 49 is still showing a much lower signal level compared to all the other channels - low 30% for ch49, compared to high 50% for the rest.
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Thanks for the reply Anthony
When I had the problem I took the laptop with the USB tuner stick up into the loft and plugged it directly into the line from the aerial and still had the same problem.
There was no oxidation of the either copper signal wire or earth screening when I changed or cleaned the plugs, just surface oxidation of the aluminium plugs.
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Wednesday 3 July 2013 11:22AM
I have exactly the same problem as Stephen
(Tuesday 2 July 2013 11:48PM, on the same channels and with approximately the same reception values (also sourced from a Humax HDR-FOX T2), it is also on all the reception devices (4xTV, 1xHumax PVR & 1xDTV USB stick for laptop reception)
The only difference is that I live in north Manchester. The aerial is pointing in the direction of Winter Hill and is not obscured in any way as I live on top of a hill.