See, WE do know that 'huge wallets' are not needed for hdtv 0TA signals to come in. That amp was or is probably needed 'for when the OTA signals are somewhat poor due to weak signal problems like I have. I just have two and the antenna has the amp and still need it. Anyhow, sure beats paying some outfit for basically nothing gained.

Ed/ke7feg

Did I mention, 2/23/07 the FCC dropped all cw (AKA Morse code) testing for any class of license as a ham? Just pass the written exams.


--- On Sun, 7/6/08, Josef Lowder <joe@actionline.com> wrote:

> From: Josef Lowder <joe@actionline.com>
> Subject: Re: OT: What's the best HDTV antenna setup?
> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Date: Sunday, July 6, 2008, 3:11 PM
> I am a "cheapskate" also, Vaughn; but even more
> than just being
> "cheap," I have two additional motivations. #1 is
> I intensely dislike
> and resent the notion of being forced to pay for a hundred
> or more
> garbage channels that I simply do not want under *any*
> circumstances
> (many of which I do not ever want coming into my home); and
> #2
> because I discovered that the HD signal OTA (over-the-air)
> is superior
> to what I got from cable anyway.
> 
> Thanks in large part to some good ideas I gathered from
> plug
> friends, I picked up an amplified 4-way splitter from home
> depot
> for $29 and put the unsightly set-top antenna in a back
> bedroom;
> so now everything is working just great.
> 
> 
> On 7/6/08, Vaughn Treude <vltreude@deru.com> wrote:
> > Josef Lowder wrote:
> >  > What do recommend as the best HDTV antenna
> setup?
> >  >
> >  > Does signal strength need to be boosted if I put
> an antenna in my attic
> >  > and run a long coax cable to connect it into my
> house cable with 3 devices
> >  > connected?
> >
> >  I didn't need to boost it, and I ran about 100
> feet of coax.  But I only
> >  connected it to one TV, so it might be different for
> you.  (What a
> >  cheapskate  I am! I buy a 50-inch TV and I _still_
> don't have cable. :-) )
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