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fixedelectric
New Contributor
2 years ago

Is Cox scrambling OTA TV signals to get more customers away from free TV?

I have sent letters to the FCC asking to rent equipment or if they can see why my OTA TV gets scrambled on weekends from around noon time Saturday until early on Monday afternoon. I have a very good ...
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Darkatt
Honored Contributor
2 years ago

There is no way that Cox can scramble OTA signals, since this signals are broadcast from the network broadcast station themselves, and have nothing to do with Cox Communications. I would look for some kind of localized EMI or RF interference. 

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    WiderMouthOpen
    Esteemed Contributor
    2 years ago

    I think signal ingress from the HFC network can effect HAM radio so it stands to reason it could effect OTA signal too. However it wouldn't be on purpose and the inference would work both ways so Cox would be behooved to fix it. It is more likely that the interference is from something else though.