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Well i got around to hooking up the DB4e today. I hooked it up without the Homerun box for now.

I have a newer TV which can tune OTA channels. So my connections are as follows.
DB4e Antenna > 15' RG6 to 3rd Floor Wall Jack > RG59 from 3rd Floor wall jack down to Basement > RG59 connects to 4 way Antronics 5-1000mhz splitter (all 4 outputs are -7.5db) > Out of Splitter directly to TV is a run of 50' RG6.

My signal meter on the Samsung TV, shows 4-5 bars out of 10. There is an LNA option which is described as "Amplifies the Signal Strength for the current channel" when turned off, my signal strength drops to 1 bar.

Im considering running out to Lowes and picking up a Coax coupler. Bypass the splitter and see if it helps.

Antenna placement is very touchy and im fortunate enough to have a south facing window at which its mostly pointed at. I had my girlfriend on the phone as i adjusted the antenna position to optimize signal strength.

In the direction that the antenna is facing and about 200-300' away are some high pine trees. Im tuning in about 12 stations, but some are the same station with alternative programming. Im not able to get Fox or Channel 7. Without these, the project may be dead in the water. Its unfortunate as the channels that do come in, come in well and are every bit as good as cable.

Ill run out now to grab the coupler and see what improvement there is. The next step if there is no improvement, is to replace the RG59 with RG6 or a run of CAT6 cable. I have also been looking at MOCA adapters, but id still have to use the RG59 and i dont know if ill see much of an improvement in signal strength.

Im open to suggestions. Ill post back how the coupler works.