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Originally Posted by searay268
Okay, I just tried to hook the amplifier I bought from Radio Shack yesterday. Remember, if I hook directly onto the antenna feed in the wiring closet, I could get the main channels we watch but we could not get the signal through the rest of the house.
It did not seem to affect 9.1 (the ABC channel) but 12.1 (CBS) was barely coming in where without the amplifier directly on the antenna feed I could get both so I have removed it. By the way, it is a model 150-2507 if anyone cares. I'll be taking it back.
1inxs, since I removed the amp, I went ahead and got the numbers you wanted. I assume a CECB is the converter box itself so here are the strength numbers of the stations we watch the most hooked directly to the antenna feed:
5.1 - 67
9.1 - 34
12.1 - 70
19.1 - 58
I then hooked the old amplifier up that we've been using to the antenna feed and then the converter directly to the amplifier:
5.1 - 52
9.1 - no signal
12.1 - no signal
19.1 - 58
It's pretty obvious the old amplifier is no help with the DTV signals overall; however, I do appear to need it to feed the lines that branch out from the closet to the rest of the house because without it, no channels get through to the televisions in the house. |
You should have a preamp installed at or near the antenna if the coaxial cable run is longer than 100 feet. The Radio Shack 150-2507 would work if your run was over 100 feet. In your closet to send the signal out to the other rooms, you would need an amplified splitter. See my link for an example.
CyberEstore | 8dB RF Amplifier And 4-Way Splitter - 1 Input /4 Output Splitter | C-0314
EDIT: Sorry cowboyup4christ, While my slow fingers were typing you were posting. I'll bow out of this thread as it looks like you got it covered.
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