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Appreciate it.
We live in a very steep valley and I seem to remember before things went digital that some of the old timers around here actually got a better signal bounced off the opposite side of the valley 180 degrees from LOS. I assume this is still the same concept with the digital?
Is there any antenna specifically for high VHF that's better than the Antennacraft Y10713?
If I add everything up that antenna has a gain of 16.5 db which is great...plus the preamp of 15 db minus the Antennas Direct PA-18 loss of 2.8 db and cable loss of roughly 3 db.
So assuming the numbers on the chart are close...with the worst channel signal the chart indicated ...-7.8db...this translates to roughly 17db fed to the TV's.
Would I still then need another powered booster / splitter? Or is 17db or more plenty and would a regular non powered splitter 1>3 tv's be OK?
And just to confirm then that the 7777's preamp 30 db boost would be over kill?
How many db's are really needed at most new TV's for decent reception. I've read it's theoretically possible at 0db but what are real world #'s? Is 10 db plenty in most scenarios? And at what point is it overkill or over amped? Is there a number for that? Like 25 db or more is too much? Or is that number way higher?
Thanks again.
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