Antennacraft High Input Amplifier Amplify Digital/Analog VHF/UHF Signals

Works very well in my circumstances. An AntennaCraft 5884 antenna is mounted indoors (HOA disallows outdoors antennas) in my attic, pointing within a few degrees of a mountaintop approximately 18 miles away where all the broadcast antennas are. The mast is set up to allow the best line of sight dodging furnace and ducts, but this goal is achieved only imperfectly as the attic is cluttered. Channels vary from low VHF (i.e. channel 3) to UHF. Antenna output feeds into this mast-mounted AntennaCraft high-input amplifier, and the amplifier output into a 5-way splitter maybe 100 feet of cable away. All cable upstream of the splitter is double-shielded RG6 (outside insulator, mesh, tinfoil, mesh, tinfoil, dielectric, copper clad center conductor). Reception at a socket downstream of the splitter is good. There are maybe 40-50 HDTV channels available, and the image is good (cable quality) without banding or noise in 1080 or 720.

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According to antennaweb.org I live within 18 miles of the broadcast stations in my area. I also live high up in elevation compared to where the broadcast towers are located. All stations come in crystal clear other than three channels. I'm somewhat puzzled I have any issues at all. The compass direction of stations that come in great and the few that have some issues are pretty much the same, along with their distance to my home. So I am not sure what the difference is, broadcast signal strength?I was hoping a pre-amp added to the Winegard upper-VHF/UHF antenna I have in the attic would boost those few weak signals enough to provide crystal clear reception. I bought the Antennacraft pre-amp "for mixed signal areas" as I did not want to over-amplify, and thus degrade, the signal quality of the stations that already come in great.On a side note I was using RG6 shielded coax cable from the antenna in the attic to the tv. The high-vhf/uhf antenna I'm using is also rated for the distance from my home to the broadcast towers.Before installing the Antennacraft pre-amp my tv signal meter showed 50%-60% signal strength on the few stations I was having problems with. After installing the pre-amp my tv signal meter showed 70%-80% signal strength on those problematic stations. However it had zero improvement on picture quality. I still had frequent pixelation, and worse, audio drop-outs as before I installed the pre-amp. In any regard the Antennacraft mixed-signal pre-amp did not have any affect on signal quality although signal strength was boosted some.I returned the Antennacraft mixed-signal pre-amp (10G201) and bought the Antennacraft high-gain pre-amp (10G202) to see if that made any difference. Once again the tv itself saw that the signal was boosted however it made no difference at all in the picture quality.I then decided to try replacing the cable run from the antenna to the tv. I installed a new RG6Q (quad-shielded) coax cable and again tested the signal with both the Antennacraft 10G201 and 10G202 pre-amps. Once again the tv reported a higher signal boost than without the pre-amps however absolutely no difference in picture quality with either.On a whim I decided to try a different style antenna. I removed the Antenna craft pre-amp and removed the Winegard UHF/VHF (traditional style) antenna and in it's placed installed a RCA ANT800R Outdoor Antenna. The ANT800R is a small square self-amplified antenna. Finally I obtained perfect picture quality across all stations using this non-traditional styled antenna mounted in my attic.

We were having problems with channel 62 at a 25% signal on a Tivo and this baby brought it up to 95%.We can now watch our favorite programs without the pixelization and missing sound on rainy days. All other channels still work great without any ghost as they aleady have a 100% signal before and after.Very easy to install, comes with all hardware and a short cable for at the antenna end. Amazon prime also had the best deal.

I paired this product with another AntennaCraft antenna and couldn't be happier. If you're dropping cable TV and are thinking about going with an antenna, this is the device you'll need. The price is extremely affordable and installation is a snap. I even called the manufacturer letting them know how many TVs I was going to be hooking up and the approximate distance of coax I'd be running. They didn't up-sell me into something that I didn't need. If you're going with an antenna and you have multiple TVs in multiple area of the house this product is for you. Best part, you're not spending a fortune. By the time you're finished cutting the cable, your total cost on everything needed to go the antenna route will cost you less than one month of cable.

I have a spare bedroom that don't have a cable box. Is used as a guest room. I don't want to pay for a cable box that we seldom use. I put an outside antenna but the signal was rather weak. By connecting this amplifier I got 20 channels more and with great clarity and little pixelation.

This is Antennacraft 10G201. (Label on the unit I received). You need this # to compare amplifiers on Antennacraft's website.It has internal shielding and moderate amplification, and is intended for locations where strong local signals might overwhelm the distant or weak signals you seek. This design is in contrast to Antennacraft's ultimate distance amplifier 10G202 which has higher gain and lower internal noise but is unshielded and can be overwhelmed by local signals, according to their description.This worked as intended. I had been using an attic antenna and 15 year old Gemini DA900 amplifier that claimed much higher VHF db gain but worse internal noise specs. This new amplifier improved a desired station on RF channel 9 from not-detected-at-all to satisfactory, plus increased the number of channels overall.Summary: Quality product. Does what it claims. Recommended.

Thank you so much for carrying this product. It works wonderfully. Your service was fast and fantastic