Will this work if I want to combine two OTA digital antennas to get better frequency? Bonus Question: Would an amplifier be a good add-value purchase if I'm trying to get better reception on a few channels?
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Yes, that is exactly what I am using one of the two I bought to do. And, yes, an amplifier will help you be able to tune in weaker channels as well. I am using an amplifier to do that as well, without it sometimes one of my weaker channels will drop out ... and if that happens at the beginning of a show time it will cause my DVR to skip recording the entire show. So I use the combiner to connect two OTA antennas pointed in different directions and then boost the signal strength. Hope that helps you to solve your problems.
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Yes it should help you get much better reception.It is set up to be used as a 300 ohm hook-up which connects to two screws on the back of your unit. It should be clearly marked.The only difference there would be is if your receiver has a 75 ohm hook-up which will look like the same connector as your cable TV hook-up which will mean that you will need an adapter that Amazon offers as a choice when you order this Antenna. It is very easy to do.good luck and enjoy.
1658104
Yes. If you're accessing OTA TV programming. The unit converts analog to digital but you need an antenna to bring in the signal from the television towers in your area.
1191668
This is down in the VHF band, nothing on the analog channels around here, but the antenna does pick up FM radio some. This antenna is not designed for the lower freqs which usually require much longer elements. Might do ok with nearby stations? Note that all digital channels are now in the higher UHF band.
490283
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.
2087683
Is it working at all? The one I recieved was DOA. When I connected it to the antenna there was hardly any signal. When i removed it from the antenna the signal returned. This would indicate the unit is defective. This amplifier should work with any antenna.
1143682
use a good splitter - if you have strong signals it will work, if not try a amplifier.
609010
We bought this for our analogue cable signal, which is amplified. It works well for that. I don't know how well it would work for an OTA signal.Bill
104565
If you can supply ac power directly to this amplifier, it can replace your existing one. You cannot feed power to this amp over a coaxial cable. Whether it will help your channel reception or not is uncertain, but most likely it won't help that much, if at all. You may find it more productive to reposition your antenna for better reception, if that is possible. Good luck. I hope you find a satisfactory solution.
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yes it will work to a degree. i use a splitter in reverse to combine a UHF and a VHF antenna. there is signal loss!, but i can live with it. the antenna stores have splitters to combine specific frequencies/bands. it would pay to do some more research and perhaps contact a store to asses your specific intention.
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I use this device with an OTA antenna (ClearStream4) and Tivo. The antenna goes into this device's input, and the outputs go to the Tivo (and other TV's). There is no question that it improves the signal coming in and can say this confidently because the Tivo has a feature that measures signal strength for OTA on a scale of 0 to 100. With this device, the strength measurement on each channel is increased by 20 on that scale of 0 to 100. I have tested this on practically every channel, and the results are the same.
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Yes, just keep in mind that each time you split the signal of the antenna you weaken the signal that actual reaches the device (t-v, DVR, etc.). You can probably get by with a one-to-two splitter, but more than that and you need to think about getting an RF Amplifier that has multiple outputs, with your antenna connected directly to the RF Amplifier, and individual coaxial feeds from there to each device. I've learned this the hard way.
1953111
Yes I have a VHF antenna and UHF and combine them. If it is a UHF/VHF combo + another UHF/VHF combos idk. Should work fine though, can't see it not. Pretty simple device.
354209
Probably not a good idea to add more gain. A DA might help if you are trying to feed a lot of TVs from one antenna, The antenna you use is key to getting stations. Make it directional and as high as possible. Any amplifier should have a very low Noise Factor at UHF frequencies, which the LNA-100 was advertised to have. I tested it on a spectrum analyzer (I'm a TV engineer) and it performed as advertised.
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Yeah, you need two and two adaptors. I'd look for a better antenna setup if I were you. I have this and it really didn't do much at all (I'm a ham radio operator too, so I know what a 9 dBi boost does...) It might be fairly cheap and easy, but is not much gain. a planar setup with booster would be light years better.
1953113
IF what you are asking for is combine two signals that already carry UHF/VHF into one feed, I used a Wineguard CC-7870 ( Winegard CC-7870 Antenna Coupler ) to combine two Clearstream C2V ( ClearStream 2V Indoor/Outdoor HDTV Antenna with Mount - 60 Mile Range ) antennas pointed at different broadcast locations. Keep the cables near equal length for best results.
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I know of no UHF/VHF combiner/splitter that includes an FM trap function. As Antennas Direct has already mentioned, that function is offered as a separate devise. You can find some preamplifiers on the market that will include one or both functions, but if your situation involves strong signals already, a preamplifier can cause you problems due to overloading.