I'm intrigued by the idea of an LTE filter. Back in mid-2013, right after Hydro Quebec installed dozens of Smart Meters in my building, I started getting constant bursts of interference on my TV (I'm using a powered antenna with pre-amp built-in!). Turn off the amplification, problem goes away. I've always blamed it on the RF meters, but could it be 4G-LTE interference instead?
My workaround has been reducing my UHF/VHF amplification as low as possible but that affects how strong the TV signal comes in. Amazon sells these filters for $33 CDN (before tax and shipping) but I'm not sure if it will fix my issue. My building and the building next door BOTH have cell towers on the roof though!
As for WVNY-22, I've been doing some experimenting. I'm able to get the channel in a watchable state (only occasional hiccups) by placing a metal bar and metal wire behind my antenna, and turning up the VHF gain. If there are times of the day with heavy interference issues I turn OFF the UHF gain (leaving VHF gain as-is) and it comes in fine. Though lately with just the extra antenna tweaks it lets me watch the channel as-is, no breakup or pixelization. Maybe between some more antenna tweaks (or even a new antenna?) and the LTE filter I can fix my WVNY-22 reception issues permanently. The metal bits behind my antenna have improved VPT-33 too, but the signal is still weak and often cuts out at certain times of the day. At any rate, it would be interesting to see if any of this is related to cell phone tower signals and filtering out the noise.
WVNY-22 technicians advised me they tripled their output power from 1kw to 3kw back during the switch over, but are limited by the pattern placement of the signal. This is because they're required by the FCC to protect channel 7 up here in Canada (this wasn't a concern with their old antenna or the temporary one!). And of course moving from 13 to 7 is an issue in itself, as it's lower down in the frequency spectrum and requires more power to reach further distances.
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