“If a storm drops the channel will I be able to get it back”
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It probably depends more on your TV or whatever receiver you are using to receive the TV signal (for example, I have a DVR+ receiver to record OTA programs). The antenna merely collects the signal. During rain, you technically are experiencing a condition called "rain fade". Typically, this affects satellite signal more than terrestrial signal as satellite signals are far weaker than terrestrial signals. Once the condition returns to normal, e.g., no longer raining, the antenna will receive the normal signals that it usually sees. How your receiver, be it TV or DVR, handles this change in signal inputs varies from manufacturer to manufacturer. Some receiver will drop the channel from its list after unable to receive the signals for some period of time while others will keep the channel on the list. Worse case, you can manually tune to the channel and then "remember" the channel OR do a re-scan (this can be painful). Some more technical details - receivers usually operate in either "acquisition" or "tracking" mode. During acquisition mode, it tries to lock onto the signal using one set of parameters that are more "forgiving". Once acquisition is complete, the receiver switch to tracking mode which allows it to optimize the receiver performance at the cost that if conditions change drastically, it will no longer receiver the signal. Most receivers will automatically switch back to acquisition mode if it looses lock in tracking mode but the TV might manually keep the receiver in tracking mode by remembering the receiver tracking parameters and disabling automatic switch back to acquisition in order to minimize the time to switch channels. This is also the reason that a scan or re-scan takes so much time because the receiver is basically doing acquisition for each channel. Anyway, take all of this with a grain of salt as each manufacturers have their own secret sauce on how they deal with signal acquisition and signal loss. The main take away is that it is probably not up to the antenna since antenna performance is fixed for a given setup and condition.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes. Happens to me at times and they come right back after a storm
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.storms usually don't effect reception for me, theyd have to be pretty hefty and directly in the path between it and your station, but every tv ive seen will just glitch around on poor signal but come right back when its good, now I don't know how this would effect a DVR software suite and a pc tv tuner.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes, as long as the antenna hasn't moved much (from wind, etc). We love ours. Picks up a LOT of channels.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes, this product will get any signals in the area.
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