KQ8RP Blog

I have had AT&T Uverse for well over a year and a half.  I operate mostly on 40 meters through 160 meters.  On occasion I operate the other bands.  I have all wire antennas or verticals.

I do operate a Ameritron AL80B and run a 800 watts with no issues on 40m to 160m.

Lately I have gotten a couple of yell’s from above that your messing up the tv.  This is when I was on 17 meters with 100 watts.  I turned the tv on and hit the tune button to tune my remote auto tuner and sure enough I was freezing the TV.

I have 7 tv’s connected on Uverse.  I pulled back the ceiling panel where all the coax connectors was located to all my runs.

• I first lifted the ground to the splitter to see if anything changed.  It made no change.
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• Checked all cable connections for tight fit.
• The splitter had 5 coax connections.
• I began removing one at a time and transmitted my tune signal
• When I disconnected the coax running to our 2nd floor my TVI disappeared.
• I then went upstairs and where three are 3 Tv’s connected on this coax run.
• I disconnected one at a time and checked for TVI.  It was still there.
• I then got up in the attic where there is another splitter and I disconnected one TV from that splitter and checked for TVI.  When I disco the spare bedroom all TVI disappeared.
• I Gold replaced coax connectors on that prescription online drop and so far I have not heard any more complaints.

So if you have TVI issues see if you can narrow it down by eliminating coax drops to see if you see any changes.

Also most important if your using cheap coax then your not going to resolve this issue no matter what you do.  You need to make sure you use high quality RG6 coax with several shields.

Hope this helps someone get there TVI issue under control.

73′s

Scott
KQ8RP

Tags: AT&T Uverse, TVI U-verse, TVI Uverse