Position or Amp or?

[k2bringit]

looking for some assistance on positioning and if an amp would be of benefit

I have the HBU33 Antenacraft sitting on the east side of the house pointing west at 280 mag. We get the basic (PBS 11.1, NBC 21.1, FOX , CBS 7.1, and ABC 51.1). The 30 foot antenna cable runs to our cable box where I added a 1-3 splitter and routed it to two different rg6 cable lines in the box. Without using the splitter we get a strong consistent signal on one line, however when adding the splitter, two lines hooked up a couple of channels flicker in and out. We "need" the two lines (actually would like all three), one for the upstairs tv, downstairs tv, and our myth dvr box. Cable lines in the house are rg6 to most areas (two "shorted" lines are old).

Questions/options:
1. I can install on the roof (currently on the deck at ground level) but its 10 degrees out and snowy/icy so it will be once it warms up.
2. Another option would an amp or something help with the splitter signal? It appears that there are splitters in a wall as there are only 6 cables to the box



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[teleview]

How many Tv's are/will be connected??

Chaining splitters , a splitter connected to a splitter , connected to another splitter , connected to another splitter , connected to another splitter , connected to another splitter , connected to another splitter.

Chaining splitters one after the other quickly reduces signal strength so at end of the chain there little is signal strength.

A better way is to have coax go out to each Tv location from one splitter.

For 1 Tv connected use no splitter.

For 2 Tv's connected use a common simple 2 way splitter.

For 3 Tv's connected use a common simple 3 way splitter.

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[elmo]

The least amount of splitters, the better. Each split comes at a cost of signal strength, as you have seen by swapping out the splitter. A pre-amp installed ahead of the splitter will boost the strength so that it's still strong enough once it's split.