Micky wrote:
On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 19:10:55 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

Micky wrote: ", right? Not even badly,
so y ou don't know to turn up the amp."

Not just here but everywhere it woudl help if you would quote more of
the previous post.


No antenna worth the metal it's made of
needs an "amp". Build enough gain into
the antenna itself and you won't need to
add a noisemaker to it.

How much experience have you had with stations 30, 40, 50 miles away?

Amplifiers work well and are often the best possible method of getting
such stations.

Even if I could duplicate what I have now by buying an antenna twice
the size and mounting it on a 30 foot mast , why would I do that when
I can get the same result with a maybe iirc $30 amplifier?

And I don't get any noise. I didn't with analog and I certainly don't
with digital.

Where do you mount(position) the amp module? What's the tech spec of
amp? S/N ratio, gain on VHF or UHF? power fed by coax or separage power
cord?

Fred wrote: "In article ,
- show quoted text -
Yes, you want the strongest possible signal, but you are stuck with what
you get. Amplifiers generate noise, but feedlines also generate noise.
Having an amplifier at the antenna results in an improved
signal-to-noise ratio at the receiver, compared to having the same
amplifier at the receiver end of the feedline. This is especially true
for signals that were marginal to begin with.

Fred "

You may be raising the signal higher above the
line & receiver noise, but you are also amplifying
any noise *in the signal itself*. THAT is why I
advocate maximizing gain first, via the biggest
antenna you are able to/are permitted to install.

Again, the only situation in which I would
recommend an amp is when feeding multiple
receivers(TVs, recorders, FM tuners, etc). NOT
to make up for a dinky(read: low-gain) antenna.

wrote in message
...
Freddie MacK, et al:

Example of antenna to steer clear of - unless
you live 20 blocks from the transmitter:

http://freakinreviews.com/hd-free-tv-reviews/

Reminds me of an anenna I got with one of the dongles that turns a computer
into a TV. It is about the size of a mouse pad. It will pick up a few
stations if close, but not much if very far from a station.

At the house I get about 2 stations with it,but about 30 or more on an
outside antenna. Granted many of them have 2 ot 3 from the same
transmitter.

On Fri, 25 Dec 2015 19:42:57 -0700, Tony Hwang
wrote:

Micky wrote:
On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 19:10:55 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

Micky wrote: ", right? Not even badly,
so y ou don't know to turn up the amp."

Not just here but everywhere it woudl help if you would quote more of
the previous post.


No antenna worth the metal it's made of
needs an "amp". Build enough gain into
the antenna itself and you won't need to
add a noisemaker to it.

How much experience have you had with stations 30, 40, 50 miles away?

Amplifiers work well and are often the best possible method of getting
such stations.

Even if I could duplicate what I have now by buying an antenna twice
the size and mounting it on a 30 foot mast , why would I do that when
I can get the same result with a maybe iirc $30 amplifier?

And I don't get any noise. I didn't with analog and I certainly don't
with digital.

Where do you mount(position) the amp module?

It's near the antenna.

What's the tech spec of
amp? S/N ratio, gain on VHF or UHF? power fed by coax or separage power
cord?

Dunno, dunno, dunno, power through the coax.

It's not an expensive amp, but it yields a perfect picture.

Of course, as Sam says, the input has to be decent, but that's one of,
will that's the big advantages of digital. It's decent enough. All
this elitist stuff about buying expensive equipment when it doesn't
help goes all the way back to monster cable for hi-fis, probably
farther, and most of it is nonsense.

On Thu, 24 Dec 2015 07:09:48 -0800 (PST), wrote:

PaintedCow wrote: "My antenna amplifier is not noisy at all. I get excellent picture and
sound. It's mounted right at the antenna. My nearest tv stations (except
PBS) are all at least 50 miles away. Without the amp, I only got half "


Make/model of your antenna?

Dont know. I bought it over 10 years ago. Same with the amplifier. If
there are labels in them, I'm not climbing up on the roof to look in
freezing weather. They work and work well, thats all that matters.
I did buy the ant, amp, and rotor at Menards. Thats all I remember.