will this amplify an off air (i.e. ant. off my roof) signal? I called the company and they said it wouldn't!
378226
It will improve the quality and allow you to feed several other tv's without noticeable drop off!
378227
No issues here. If you want satellite reception this is not a viable choice.
378228
correct but it has no losses not like a regular splitter you can go thru this 8 port without any loss there is an also need to power it up which you can do thru a seperate cable i used a white cable so i dont mix power cable with the signal cable this is a great splitter
378229
My only experience is with cable, it worked for that, I have no idea if it would work for an antenna, sorry...
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I haven't found it to be helpful. My signal from the base is as strong as this sends and it's 20 feet further away then the device.
695753
Yes I have a metal roof. There is an outside antenna that the signal is transferred from.
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It will amplify the signal but will also amplify the noise. It won't 'clean up' the signal per se. Some T.V.s won't program a station if the signal is too weak. It will help with that.
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Not sure, remember an antenna will not pull in signals, a better antenna may just help magnify the signals there. I lived in an apartment, but I lived on the top floor of a 4 story building, nothing really blocked the signal that high. I was able to get channels other people who lived in houses couldn't. So, it all depends on where you live, and how close you think you are to the transmitters or if your in line of site to those transmitters. You might try a amplified antenna, it might help get more gain, but I too thought this Terk would do wonders, and it really didn't, if the signal isn't there it just isn't there. So, your best bet might be cable, but I understand it can be expensive. Not sure, remember an antenna will not pull in signals, a better antenna may just help magnify the signals there. I lived in an apartment, but I lived on the top floor of a 4 story building, nothing really blocked the signal that high. I was able to get channels other people who lived in houses couldn't. So, it all depends on where you live, and how close you think you are to the transmitters or if your in line of site to those transmitters. You might try a amplified antenna, it might help get more gain, but I too thought this Terk would do wonders, and it really didn't, if the signal isn't... » Read More Not sure, remember an antenna will not pull in signals, a better antenna may just help magnify the signals there. I lived in an apartment, but I lived on the top floor of a 4 story building, nothing really blocked the signal that high. I was able to get channels other people who lived in houses couldn't. So, it all depends on where you live, and how close you think you are to the transmitters or if your in line of site to those transmitters. You might try a amplified antenna, it might help get more gain, but I too thought this Terk would do wonders, and it really didn't, if the signal isn't there it just isn't there. So, your best bet might be cable, but I understand it can be expensive. « Show Less
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Yes. When I first got it I wanted to test it out before I committed to a roof install. I put it into the loft area of my house and it picked up a few channels. It worked a lot better when I put it outside (since the higher the better). Note it still requires some tweaking as it isn't perfectly omnidirectional.
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Depends on how many walls the signal has to go through and a bunch of other variables. My base station is about 100 ft away from my garage. If I stand just inside my garage no signal. Stand just outside the garage I get a signal.
1007407
roof will definitely cause interference or possibly no signal at all. mount it definitely outside. this is a superior antenna for fm reception. all of those xtype antennas have dead spots in their receiving characteristics. especially if installed at a fringe or deep fringe area. I live in a fringe area and have this antenna installed in my attic(with non metallic roof) and receive fm from stations 100 miles away in excellent reception. I highly recommend this antenna.
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This may give you some degree of a signal, but best if you do have a straight shot , they are extension wires sold for this item, as well as a powered range extender that this connects to, hope this helps! See all the amped products.
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Dear Donna. From my experience with this product so far, it does not work as advertised. I live in a hilly area, about 4 miles from a tower. I get average bars of signal at my house without the unit. The only thing the unit seems to boost is the Wi-Fi strength if my wireless internet in the house. It dies nit seem to boost my cell signal whatsoever. Sincerely, Ken W.
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Apologies. Your question is more technical than I can answer. I just hooked the thing up and it worked (well). I run nothing more on the coax in my house than the antenna signal. I should add add that the signal strength has degraded somewhat (fewer channels) since I installed the amplifier in January, but the decrease in performance could be attributable to something other than the amp. Will investigate before winter.
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yes mine works great had similar problem now get 3-5 bar signal strength. Mounted the antenna on top edge of roof chimney and mounted reciever in my sunroof and works great.
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Probably. Find out where the tower is and see if you have a reasonable line of sight thats not obstructed by tall trees. I found heavy fog and rainstorms degrade the signal, so on those days its iffy. I live 30 miles away from the tower with hills and lots of trees in between but get a good signal most of the time with the amplifier.
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Depending on your home construction you will lose 75% or more of your signal to the walls and house wrap then you will lose another 50% of what is left to the splitter. The antenna may just be in a bad spot as well. Sometimes just moving 5 or 10 ft can make a big difference. If possible try taking the antenna outside and put it on a piece of pvc pipe and bungy cord it to your deck rail. Then hook to a small portable TV if you have one and see if the problem goes away. I know some people cant put an antenna on the roof but I have seen these work well fastened flat against an outside wall that faces the right direction as long as there are no stations in the opposite direction you want. Also if you have more than 50 ft of cable and the splitter you might want to consider a preamp like the CM7777. It eats up 2 or 3 db of signal but then you dont have to worry about the 6 or 7 db of signal the cable and splitter eat. Dont get a distribution amp (1 input many outputs) they only work if you have a very very strong signal you want to send long distances and many places, always look for the noise figure on any amp, if its not listed or higher then 3 db pass it by.
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If heard of people putting antennas in their attics`. I guess you could this one, too. If your attics big enough and your not to far from TV stations. Buildings and trees block tv signals, I would think an attic does the same? Putting this on a 20-25 ft. pole down the side of house & using Quad Sheild RG-6 coax 75 ohm Cable , probably would get you better signal & stations further away. Mines on a 50ft. tower connected to 50` feet of RG-6 cable down to the amp. & I`m getting stations 60 miles ( south & east) away.
1004412
In the "before you buy" section, it says that it only boosts the signal horizontally, not vertically, so it may not help with the basement signal much! Let us know if it does, though!
2080203
Just yesterday my grandson noticed that he had signal 2 blocks away, driving away. There was a large brick building between us and the house. If you have lath and plaster walls, that might reduce your signal a bit. I'd guess it will work just fine.