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On Fri, 25 Sep 2020 01:15:02 -0700 (PDT), Chris K-Man
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My idea of a "booster" or "signal amp" is a bigger/higher gain antenna.


Do you mean that a "bigger" box is your idea of a better TV antenna
amplifier? This looks plenty big:
http://www.ambery.com/rfmp-w50.html
Dimension: 498mm (W) x 360mm (D) x 280mm (H)
Or, perhaps you mean't something other than size?

Higher gain does not buy you much in the way of a performance
improvment. At best, all you need for gain is a bit more than the
coax cable loss between the amp and the TV (or distribution amp). Too
much gain just generates intermodulation products, AGC overload, and
other receiver problems caused by too much signal.


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