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Old 7-Sep-2013, 11:37 PM   #2
jeff92k7
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Short answer, probably not. At least not for the UHF channels. Your report looks like you will have pretty good signal strength at your location. With a short cable runs, you likely won't need a preamp, but that antenna's VHF performance looks pretty weak and you do have some channels in the High band VHF range.

You probably will need one for the VHF channels though. just to keep the splitter and cable loss from reducing the VHF signal. Even then, your VHF channels may break up regularly.

Is there any way you could return that antenna and get something with better VHF performance? I'm sure someone here will chime in with a specific antenna model.

For comparison, I have a bit better reception (based on my tvfool report), but I still run a preamp and separate UHF and VHF antennas. My preamp is to overcome splitter loss and longer cable runs even though I'm starting with a stronger signal to begin with. But I also have crappy tuners (TiVo Premieres) that need a good, strong signal.
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