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I get most of the stations I want, including ION. I remembered that I had a splitter in the basement from Time Warner. It has their name on it, it's a 4 way splitter & each output says 8. I took it to the store you had told me about in Winston-Salem to ask their opinion. The guy you told me about being knowledgeable & helpful (Fred) was not there but another older fellow seamed both knowledgeable & helpful. He said the Time Warner splitter should work just fine, so I bought terminators for the two out puts that will not be used for now & some shorter lengths of coaxial cable. I put the splitter in the attic, just below were the antenna is on the roof. It turns out that my new roomy has an older TV so he needs to either get a converter box or a new TV, therefore, only my TV in the living room is being used at the moment. So far, I see no loss in signal strength, but I have no meter to show what the actual signal strength is on each channel. No pre-amp. I won't get one unless I see that I need one. I remember reading were GroundUrMast talked about a pre-amp in some cases can cause a problem were the local signals are already strong. But it may make just as much sense to get a second (& maybe a third) dedicated antenna. But I would also be curious to hear the reviews on the "electronic device that will actually allow you to get the OTA signal from the main TV" that you talked about. Thanks. ...Tim |
I'm hoping to get a few more suggestions.
I'm getting weaker signals than before, at least on some stations. My TV does not have a signal meter, so I have to do some guesstimation in the following report. I'm quite sure I was seeing some increase in pixialtation & drop-outs as the large oak trees (two at each end of the house) began to leaf out. And I believe I saw a further increase in pixialtations drop-outs after adding the 4-way splitter I described in my last post here. The signals are certainly not as reliable as they were a couple months ago. As I read other threads about pre-amps & such, I see that a pre-amp does not improve the signal, it just pushes it further down the line. So I'm wondering if I would benefit from a stronger antenna. Sure do wish I had a signal meter. |
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you can use the one you alredy have above or under with a uhf/vhf separator. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-pla-_-NA-_-NA |
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Because you have plans to connect more sets, addition of a preamp is not unreasonable. A high input design such as the Antennas Direct CPA-19 would have all the gain needed to overcome cable and splitter losses. If you are only dealing with a signal level problem, the preamp will help. The preamp will not resolve multipath or similar transmission impairments. (IMO, the only other preamp worth consideration in this application is the Winegard HDP-269 which has similar gain and high input capability but slightly less impressive noise specifications.) For now, I'm reluctant to tell you to go get a bigger antenna. Instead, how tall are the oak trees? And, can you consider a mast or tower tall enough to get above the tree tops? |
I can't tell you right off just how tall the oaks are but they are probably about twice as high as the 1.5 story house. It would take a heck of a mast to get above them.
But I am planning to remove two large, lower branches that are about antenna level & blocking the two best signal directions a considerable amount. I may try that first & see if I can tell a difference before buying a pre-amp. I'll report back later. Thanks. |
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