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Install got delayed until this coming weekend, as I am still awaiting delivery of the tripod and mast. I already have the Winegard 7698P and the 8700 preamp. In the meanwhile, I have a new wrinkle to run by you.
It turns out that my previous measurements were way off. The distance from my antenna position to my service panel is 96 feet. Which means:
a) I will now have a really long ground going from the mast to the grounding rod -- nearly 100 feet. Is that a problem?
b) My coax run is now going to be about 90 feet until the grounding block, and then another 90 feet or so back to the TV. So that's a 180' coax run between the antenna and the TV. Keep in mind that my TV fool report shows pretty weak signals to begin with. I do have the Winegard 8700 preamp; is that going to be sufficient to get me an acceptable signal? Or do I need to re-think my layout? In the photos, my service panel is on the side of the house as the offending Palm trees and the broadcast towers I plan to locate the antenna as close to the opposite end of the house as possible so as to give some additional separation from the trees, but would I be better off moving the antenna closer to the service panel so that we can shorten the coax?
c) If I keep the long coax run, then should I add a distribution amplifier to the system given that I'm going to be sending the signal to three TVs?
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