Bear with me as I have very little experience with these types of things.
This is my analysis:
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...9900e2a227ec27
I'm pretty sure I have this antenna attic mounted:
http://www.amazon.com/Winegard-HD769...negard+antenna
My current co-ax layout was done by retards so that is part of my problem, but re-wiring it isn't really an option.
The wire comes from the attic mounted antenna into a 3 way splitter. 2 outs go to TV's in 1 part of the house (within 20 feet) the 3rd goes down to the basement distribution point. Currently if I remove the 3 way splitter and only feed the 2 nearby TV's I get good signal, but if I split to the basement the level degrades enough that signal is spotty on those 2 nearby TV's and I only get channels 14 & 48 on the rest of the house. The main distribution point consists of the input (from the 3-way split in the attic) that goes into a 4 way splitter, 1 output from the 4 way then goes into an 8-way splitter.
It might be possible to remove the 8 way splitter and just feed the lines that need it but nothing is marked so it will take a lot of trial & error to find out which line is which. I'd rather leave it all together if I can but I understand that a "lopsided splitter configuration" like I have is very problematic and may need to be corrected. But as it stands I currently have 11 of my houses lines that are being fed from a single leg off the initial 3-way splitter.
I'm pretty sure I need a booster but I'm concerned that the signal from 14 & 48 will be too strong and cause problems with the amplifier. Is this a valid concern? How much amplifier do I need? I would really like to be able to pull in channels like 13, 44 etc. It's not a problem to get these when my antenna is only feeding the 2 short co-ax runs but I want to get them to the rest of the house too. I was thinking a Winegard AP8275 28 dB gain preamp, but I've heard that preamp is especially susceptible to being overloaded by strong signals.
Any advice? I'm pretty sure I'll need a high-gain antenna to get all the channels I want all over the house but how do I do it with those 2-4 strong signals in the mix?
Thanks!!!
Any help?