Hi Oliver, On Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:07:01 +0100, Oliver Schinagl wrote: > On 03/06/13 16:03, Jean Delvare wrote: > > It turns out that my problem is the antenna. I was using the antenna I > > have been using with my previous card, which is an internal DVB-T > > antenna with amplification (external power supply.) I get zero signal > > with that. But using the Terratec-provided cheap "stick" antenna, I get > > signal again, with reasonable quality (although not as stable as with > > the old card and the powered antenna.) I also get signal (but not all > > channels) with my original antenna _unpowered_ (thus signal not > > amplified.) > > > > I admit I don't quite understand. I would understand that a bad, > > unpowered antenna causes no signal to be sensed. But how is it possible > > that a supposedly better, powered antenna causes that kind of issue? > > > > Oliver, out of curiosity, what antenna are you using? The > > Terratec-provided one, or another one? > > Right now, I use 11cm stripped coax :) But that's because I live 600 > meters from the broadcasting tower. This actually gives me the best > reception. The mini antenna that came with the thing worked quite well, > but the wire was a bit short. > > Besides that I did use a powered antenna for a while, without the power > connected, because it actually dampens the signal. That worked quite > well for a while. Using it powered, with an external power source, > actually made it much worse. My experience matches yours exactly. Thanks for confirming. I wonder if this is a limitation of the Linux drivers (not adjusting the tuner sensibility to the signal strength) or a hardware characteristic. -- Jean Delvare -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
