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Old 18-Oct-2015, 4:51 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by NotAnEngineer View Post
I’m looking at pre-amplifiers (perhaps high gain because of interference in the attic and from the trees?) or buying a bigger antenna. Thoughts/comments?
Try a modest gain preamp. The TVPRAMP-1R is cheap, but you may need to futz with the FM trap and combined switches.

The preamp will overcome the loss in the 50' of coax and help compensate for a higher noise figure of the TV set. Otherwise, different locations in the attic may work better.
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