yeah, that's what I'm getting from a Class #1 radio man as well. I need vhf and uhf as there are 2 channels that stayed in the vhf, 6 and 12. but I am definitely having trouble with the uhf's and I'm only getting 2/3 of them.
On Mon, 6 Jul 2009, Tom Fowle wrote: > I would not series two "boosters' more properly called pre-amplifiers. > You'll be amplifying the noise and other signals you don't want more than the > T.V. signals you do want, and probably end up with lots of intermod meaning > signals resulting from the mixing of other signals in amplifiers > that are being over driven and "saturated." > > There can most definitely be too much gain in such systems. > > Get a better antenna first. > > Especially with everything being new, there is going to be a lot of baseless > hype out there and the utility of amplifiers is one area > where they'll go after you good since nobody understands saturation. > > Once you have a signal with no drop outs, more amplification is bad. > as it does as detailed above and causes distortion and interference from > intermodulation between unwanted signals. > > tom Fowle WA6IVG > >
