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Originally Posted by Newbe
Thanks!
The line of trees is about 75' away from the house directly in line with the direction the antenna needs to be aimed. They are very large cottonwood trees so I'm thinking that the signal should be able to shoot through them. What's the max cable length recommended from an antenna?
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Can you mount the antenna on the other side of the trees?
Maximum cable length depends on the strength of the signal you're stating with. If one or more desired signals is weak at the antenna (which appears to be true in your case), you'll need to amplify the signal at the antenna before any more cable loss. Roughly every 5 to 6 dB of amplifier gain will overcome 100' of RG-6 cable loss. An RCA TVPRAMP1R is rated at 22 dB gain in the UHF band and 16 dB in the VHF band. A typical 4-way splitter should not have more than 8 dB insertion loss so you could support a total cable length between the antenna and any one TV of 200' with a bit of margin left over.
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If the well is dry and you don't see rain on the horizon, you'll need to dig the hole deeper. (If the antenna can't get the job done, an amp won't fix it.)
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