![]() ![]() Your antenna is a model CS-8098, third largest in the chrome-star line and introduced in the mid 70's. I find this pretty interesting.Įspecially that part of the design dates back to '67. I sure hope you find out more, and post your repairs. Whatever you do be really careful with those aluminum wires that run into the plasticīox, if your antenna uses it, they can be very brittle, as aluminum is not as ductile as copper. I guess buying an antenna with a built in preamp was an option at one time I wonder why that amp on ebay has screw on connectorsįor the antenna inputs when Winegard looks like it has been using that 2 piece plasticĬase with pinch connectors as far back as '67.? With the same pinch connectors like my antenna has. Surprising to see they used that plastic housing Well, maybe it could be too old for them to still have parts and In case anyone would happen to know model of it. Sidenote: this antenna is about 13 ft long and 9 feet wide. I'm starting to think combiner/ preamp is obsolete. No, All I know for sure is it is a Winegard(Winegard stamped into main antenna beam) with built in cartridge preamp. I'm not sure have to wait to get on roof. I hope they don't tell me its old and I should replace it. After partially reading article it looks like they had many cartridge options This is what my preamp cartridge looks like. A cartridge preamplifier unit in accordance with claim 14 wherein the cartridge chassis board includes amplification circuitry for amplifying television signals in the VHF frequency band and additional and separate amplification circuitry for amplifying television signals in the UHF frequency band. Here is were it says it uses seperate curcuitry for uhf and vhfġ5. I found this article on line and I think this antenna is much older than I thought it was. It uses the pinch type connectors like your talking about attached to the preamp /combiner curcuit board that snaps onto feeder line. Worked great untill recently, so it may have bad connection. Yeah, I thought if I contacted Solid signal they may have advise on a mast mounted preamp.īefore I installed the antenna this is exactly what I did. You may even be able to clean up the connections with some Have you already identified the antenna.? Is that item on ebay for your antenna? Is that your antenna preamp CP-2880 ? Who knows you may even be able to clean up the connections with someĮmery cloth, and cleaner and fix it with no parts. This part may be bad, and is cheaper than a preamp. This can corrode and fail, or the boardĬan corrode and fail. ![]() See the itty bitty aluminum wires theyĪre feeding into the plastic box. Click the specifications tab, you will see 3 pictures Retro-fitting that may end up causing problems. They may have the parts available to fix it with no unreliable Send a picture of your antenna to Winegard and have them identify it, andĪsk them if there is a combiner before the preamp, or if it's a all in one I would say the preamp is working, but the signal combiner, or connections If you lost only one band, and when you remove the power, reception gets worse, then They were specifically designed for only one of the two bands. ![]() There is corrosion or some other connection problem before the preamp.įor the most part your preamp, and most preamps, can handle both UHF and VHF unless ![]() If it's built into the preamp or the preamp has separate inputs there is a chance that On my part that there is a UHF/VHF signal combiner of some sort before the pre-amp. I did not see an antenna on the solid signal site that looked like yours, and it's an assumption You understand the item I put up is not a preamp/ signal booster.? ![]()
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