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Originally Posted by agiledog
My Winegard TV switch box has failed. The booster no longer works and I can't receive any VHF channels. Mine is a Model VS-0503 and they don't make it any more.
Does anyone had this problem and found a replacement for it?
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First question: Are there any VHF stations in your area to receive? NOTE: just because the display says, for example, 4-1 does not mean it's a VHF station (Both in Detroit, and here in Fair Play, SC, channel 4 is a UHF station now days, Channel 2 in Detroit is still VHF, but it's really broadcasting on seven, (VHF-HI) not 2 (VHF-LO).. I know, confusing.. Your TV knows the deal)
Second: The booster is NOT in the box, never has been
Now, time to go hunting.
First: Does the light on the box come on? (If so fuses and wires good to that point)
Then:
Start by grabbing your presonal communications device (Cell phone/2-way radio) and parking your partner with the matching device inside.. Go topside (On the roof) and with the power switch on the antenna switch TURNED OFF disconnect the coax from the antenna.
CAREFULLY hook up ye-old digital volt meter (or an analog one for that matter, Or a test lamp)
Have your parther turn on the box. and if needed select ANT for at least one destination.. Light on/12 volts present.. NOT THE BOX. It is the booster itself that's bad or.. The connection.
The booster is in the antenna "Head" (The plastic housing in the middle of the antenna) and replacement of the antenna is indicated if it is bad.. But first.
Have partner turn off again, (light out, zero volts) and re-connect.. Sometimes that fixes it.