On 2007/11/25 14:23 (GMT-0500) [EMAIL PROTECTED] apparently typed:
> Common wisdom has that an antenna amplifer should be used to return
> the signal reaching the receiver to unity gain when dealing with the loss
> from a
> long cable run. It does no good to boost the signal (and the noise) when the
> receiver's AGC is just going to cut it back again.
How long is long? Seems like from an outside 30' mast inside to a TV it would
infrequently take less than 50', and often quite a bit more.
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