Can a wireless router cause problems for a TV antenna that is for DTV and amplified?
DTV operates on various frequencies that have been previously allocated to VHF and UHF broadcasts. The highest channel allocated to DTV is Channel 51, which has a center frequency of 693.25 MHz. A WiFi router, on the other hand, operates on a frequency range centering on 2.4 GHz, which is much higher. They are not close enough to interfere with each other, although in some circumstances overmodulation on the DTV channel might spill over some extraneous harmonics into the 2.4 GHz range. As such, you might be more concerned about your DTV antenna amplifier interfering with your WiFi network than the other way around. It won’t hurt the router a bit to unplug it from the wall. It will just reboot itself and reestablish its connections with your computers when you plug it back in. If you want to try it, to see if it makes any difference in your reception, you won’t hurt anything. However, you’re more likely to be seeing distortion from the antenna amplifier than interference from something
