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I recently purchased an antenna off of Amazon for $33
its small about 2.5 x 2.5 feet.. but comes with a rotator that is not accurate and a preamp
It has one cable ~30feet of coax from the antenna to the control box and then two coax outputs to provide signal to two tvs..
the amp could be in the antenna or the control box but i suspect its in the antenna.
If I point it at stations 55 miles away with the amp off I will see maybe 3 channel numbers showing in the scan results ... but no actual visual tv broadcast
If I turn the Amp on I will get over 35 stations with full signal and visual tv... my tv does not display signal strength.
So to say the preAmp won't pull signal out of the air??????? maybe not in a scientific standard.. I am guessing there is some signal being picked up by the antenna that the tv can't find... but turning the amp on and off is basically the same as unpluging the antenna.
Last edited by ZippyTheChicken; 6-Jul-2014 at 5:13 AM.
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