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Old 13-Feb-2016, 6:56 PM   #2
rabbit73
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Hi, dustyz:

Yeah, the signals will be weaker at your new location. Your new mast will come in handy because you will need to do a lot of testing.

Try the DB4e and a preamp at the new location. You can add a VHF-High antenna using a UVSJ, and aim it at WBKO. An alternative would be to use a VHF-High/UHF combo antenna aimed at WHAS.

If the DB4e doesn't have enough gain for your new location, consider the DB8e with both panels aimed in the same direction.

The separate VHF-High antennas currently available are the MCM 30-2475 and 30-2476. They are inexpensive, have poor instructions, but seem to do OK.
http://www.mcmelectronics.com/produc...-2475-/30-2475
http://www.mcmelectronics.com/produc...-2476-/30-2476

The LNA 200 has been redesigned to meet the price point of the big box stores. My impression is that it isn't as good as when it first came out. My major concern is that it is powered by 5 volts, and there might be too much voltage dtop in a 100 ft run of coax. RG6 with a solid copper center conductor would have less voltage drop than RG6 with a copper coated steel center conductor.
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/25-hdt...l#post41430993

What preamp are you using now?
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