Thread: HDX1000 vs DB4e
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Old 3-Mar-2014, 11:47 AM   #5
Orion0485
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Originally Posted by dmfdmf View Post
I am not familiar with your current antenna but can you disable or bypass the amp and see what you lose? You can't just unplug it or it becomes a giant insertion loss but if you can bypass it might be helpful to know what you are getting without the amp in the way. How many TVs are you driving with this antenna and how my feet of coax run?
I'm not sure how to bypass the amp. I currently have one TV connected with a rather long coax run. I've installed a radioshack inline signal amplifier with 12db gain to try to overcome the long coax run. Due to the location of the antenna, there has to be a 50' coax run before I can get to the amplifier. From there it goes about 20-30 feet (I'm guessing since it is in wall cabling). I will try to raise the antenna, but I've noticed the signal loss is not constant. It typically happens at night around 8-9pm. I don't live near an airport, so I don't think I'm getting airplane interference. I was hoping the increase in antenna gain would help overcome this.
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