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When the distance from the antenna to the TV is 50' or less and there is no splitter, a preamplifier will not help... unless the TV tuner has a poor noise figure.
An amplifiers job is to overcome the loss in cable and splitters connected to the output side of the amplifier. Amplifiers can not 'pull' signal from an antenna or out of the air. All amplifiers add some noise and distort the signal... This becomes more of a problem when signals are strong and numerous, which is the case in your situation. If you have ever heard the sound from speakers that were being over-driven you have an idea of what distortion does to a signal.
Reliable reception depends more on signal quality that mere strength.
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