The roof mounted antenna is frowned upon around here. So, I am thinking I will try the attic mount first to see how it performs. I do have a clear south facing wall with window in an attic above the second floor where the HD7694P antenna can be positioned. The house is prewired with coax through a splitter on the second floor. Do you recommend that I start out with some kind of amp or should I test with just the antenna first?
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Originally Posted by GroundUrMast
But for the rare odd exception, an antenna always does better when it has a clear and unobstructed view of the transmitting antenna.
An outdoor mounted HD7694P will have gain that together with the strong signal levels should leave you with enough power to drive over 100' of coax and a passive 4-way splitter. I envy your signal conditions.
FWIW, Coax loss can almost always be dealt with by using the appropriate type of amplifier. Typical RG-6 has less than 7 dB loss per 100'. A wet composition roof can attenuate 20 dB or more while also producing multipath like impairments.
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