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Originally Posted by jrgagne99

I can also recommend the Kitz-tech pre-amps. I have the KT-200 and it has been working fine for 3 years. Supposedly very low noise at 0.4 dB.

Would the KT-700 have lower noise than a "generic UVSJ --> KT-200"?

No, unfortunately the KT - 700 is a tiny bit noisier but it also has a built-in FM filter and LTE filter which raised the noise level up by about .5dB on VHF and .8 dB on UHF which is still lower than any commercially available preamp. Extra filtering will raise the noise up , it's unavoidable.

I was using the KT-200 with a UVSJ. I went with the KT-700 because I wanted dual inputs and did not want to leave the UVSJ up high on the mast. I would have had to create another enclosure. Plus the UVSJ does have a little bit of loss about .5dB which increases the noise.

The KT-700 was exactly what I wanted. Plus, I felt I was pushing my luck with my RCA PREAMP1R due to their high failure rate. I had already replaced them anyhow.

And cost wise, it's on the same price level as the Channel master 7778 dual input.

Shipping was also very fast.




http://kitztech.com/kt700.html