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PCT 1 PORT BI DIRECTIONAL CABLE TV HDTV AMPLIFIER SIGNAL BOOSTER WITH PASSIVE RETURN PATH

PRODUCT FEATURES:Ultra small form factor for ease of installation in confined spacesLightweight powder coated and weather sealed housing for superior corrosion protectionLED power indicatorPassive return6 KV, 3KA combination wave (B3) surge withstand on all “F” portsPrecision machined SCTE compliant sealed “F” portsPatented DSM seizure technology provides better performance than 360 contacts

User Ratings and Reviews

3 Stars This may not perform miracles for you
This OTA (over the air) amplifier placed between your antenna (as close as possible to the antenna) and your HDTV antenna input will only do some good if the signal is weak. If the signal is strong enough but is occasionally interrupted by GKW (god knows what – aircraft, trucks, heavy precipitation, etc) you may not notice much, if any, improvement. That seems to be the case with me. My home is just over the top of a small hill between the city and my street. I am trying to get by with an indoor antenna (but a good one with four ganged elements mounted high on a coatrack, no less) and normally I have just minor dropouts occasionally. With the amplifier installed at the end of 6 feet of cable from the antenna, power applied, feeding about 12 feed of cable to the TV I still have these dropouts. So it may not be a case of weak signal (25 miles from the transmitting antennae), but uncorrectable signal interruption. So, I’ll keep it but this is just to let you know it isn’t a cure all for your OTA signal problems. It works as it should; it may or may not help you in your particular situation.

3 Stars TV Signal Amplifier
Amplifier works fine. However power supply rather odd. Need a separate (provide yourself) co-ax cable to get power from transformer to amplifier.

3 Stars Did not help.
Since the switch to HDTV transmission my CRT tv has lost channels and what channels are left are sometimes pixalated (especially when the wind blows). I’ve tried a couple of so-called signal amps with no good result from any of them.

5 Stars Works Perfectly
Works great! I have an old, exterior antenna with no preamp and was getting very low signal, channels were dropping out, etc. Because the problem was the long cable required to mount the antenna, this amp made a huge difference; I now have many more channels all with great signal strength.

4 Stars Great for analog televisions using antennas
I have three analog televisions that were too good to get rid of at the time of the digital conversion. After the conversion, with converter boxes, and using antennas, I had “lost” a lot of my pre-conversion over-the-air stations. I added these drop amps and not only got all of my old stations back, I now receive many additional channels. One tv has an outside antenna, one has a good sized antenna indoors, and one uses a rabbit ears and loop indoor antenna. This is in the central San Joaquin Valley of California.

I connected one end of a one foot coax cable to the antenna and the other end to this drop amp. Then connected one end of another longer coax cable to this amp and the other end to the television. You also need another coax cable to connect the drop amp to the power block. Don’t use cheap plug-in coax cables, use the ones with screw-on connectors.

I love these! I can’t believe how many over-the-air channels with great display resolution I get with these.

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