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Situation: our main goal is to have reception of the following channels at one time - 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 16, 19, 23, 53. If we have to live without some of those channels, OK, but I know for a fact we can tune 2,3,6,19,53 at same time because I had it working properly.. Then my dad got involved. Now I can't get it back, no matter what I do. As long as I can get 2,3,6,19,53 then we can survive.. Obviously any other channels a bonus.
So, we have two identical antennas on separate poles at the moment, each with its own rotor. They are approximately 8 feet apart side to side, with one about 4 feet below the other. We also have three TV's on 3 floors. 1 top flr, maybe 20ft of cable run. 1 mid flr, maybe 20 ft of cable run. 1 bottom flr, probably at least 50 ft cable run.
The mid flr setup has only the splitter for the two antennas to 1 cable, and the drop amp between it and tv.
The top flr setup is splitter at antenna, drop amp, and splitter before tv, relating to bottom flr setup.
The bottom flr setup has two options, either splitter from antenna to drop amp to splitter in top flr setup to god knows what in the walls to tv.
OR
Splitter from antenna to drop amp to cable joiner at mid flr set up to god knows what in walls to drop amp to tv.
I greatly prefer the 1st setup as it runs to a cable outlet within a foot of tv location, and pre-dad intervention that setup worked best.
I have numerous drop amps available that can be placed anywhere. Most are the typical WalMart GE types.
The two identical antennas are Antennas Direct Model DB8e Ultra Long Range Multi-Directional. The one drop amp is an Antennas Direct CDA8. It has 8 outputs. I also have a Winegard Model AP-8275 82 Channel Pre-Amp.
We also made sure to have the cable from each antenna to the splitter the same length, perhaps off by 2 or 3 inches at best.
If there is something else needed or required to properly use two antennas, please include this in your reply. Be specific as possible, and try to dumb it down a bit, we're beginners.
Someone, please please please help. I'll attempt to include as many pics as possible.
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