"micky" wrote in message
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Once in a while a couple over the air tv stations have bad reception.
It seems to have something to do with the weather.

But when I record shows on a timer, I don't remmeber what the weather
was like. And a couple weeks ago the only show I record started to
have distortion pretty often. Eventually I noticed it was channel 2, a
major, local station!

I didn't know what to do for a couple days, and then it dawned on me. I
have 2 A-B switches screwed to the shelf next to my bed that holds the
radio, DVDR, VCR, cassette player, Alexa, and some little things.

And I think 6 months ago my DVDR stopped working and it took an hour to
figure out why. Apparently in my sleep, I switched the tv input from
the DVDR to the VCR (and the VCR wasn't turned on.)

And this time I guess in my sleep, I switched the A-B antenna switch to
the 2nd floor antenna, which is not as good as the amplified attic
antenna.

It's strange, I haven't touched those switches on purpose for more than
4 years, except after I change one in my sleep. It's hard to believe I
changed but there is no other explanation.

The more likely explanation is that the device changed itself, glitched.

It's really nice to have a good picture on the tv.