Do Amplified antennas work?

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The amplified rabbit ears might help eliminate any drop-outs on the
digital stations. Less snow on the analog but it may not help on the
ghosting. I have heard that Sears and Radio Shack will return you
money if the antenna don't work.

I would suggest a 4 bow-tie antenna mounted outside. If you use a 50
foot or longer RG-6 lead-in a antenna mounted pre-amp should give you
a great HD picture. Use a 8 bow-tie if your stations are 35 miles or
more away.

hdtvfan

On 5 Oct 2004 17:48:06 -0700, curtgottler@yahoo.com (CGott) wrote:

>I have a direct view HDTV and HD reception is pretty good, analog
>reception is fair. If I bought an amplified rabbit ear antenna, would
>this really improve reception?

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a $20 outdoor ant will work better than any over priced amplified indoor
ant.
"rcbridge" <rcbridge.1dpcs8@satelliteguys.us> wrote in message
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>
> What are you using now?
> Those amplified indoor antenna's performance will vary depending on
> your situation.
> How far are you from your local antenna farm, do you have tall
> structures in-between you and that antenna farm. If you try RS or
> sears with the understanding that you can return it if it doesn't work
> give it a try!!
>
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On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 09:58:16 -0400, "Jim" <oljim@islc.net> wrote:

>a $20 outdoor ant will work better than any over priced amplified indoor
>ant.

Sorry to differ. In my situation I had a Winegard Sensar II outdoor
installed by Direct TV that only picked up one channel locally (PBS)
and intermettently so. I got an indoor amplified RCA ANT1250 at Best
Buy ( ~ $60) and just gave it a whirl. I am in a basement, 10 miles
from the transmittor towers. Right out of the box, the RCA picked up
all local digital stations flawlessly (11 of them). Now my fancy
Winegard Sensar II serves no purpose anymore. I can use it to attach
some ornaments on my roof come Christmas, I guess...