I live within 25 to 30 miles within my local tower, Will it be overkill to get the 50mile model with the amp? and is it possible to have to much range
1132698
If you have only one tower to worry about, it may be overkill. If you were trying to pick up a number of stations/towers, in different directions, an amp may boost the signal of each so that you can pick them all up without moving the antenna. And, no, I don't think you can have too much range.
1132699
This antenna didn't work at all. According to the fcc website I live 35 miles from 3 stations. The antenna received None of these stations. I would try purchasing A different antenna.
1132700
Yes, you can get the 50 mile model with the amp. The amp is detachable, so you can attach or remove it according to your need.
387041
This unit is very small and I am using in the an area close to our Broadcasting towers..(12 miles) so with the distance that you are mentioning I would purchase a larger antenna for the distance.
45067
an 800 watt amp might be a little overkill to drive two of these. I run two of mine on a 400watt pyle marine amp and I can max them out. I just used a regular 16 gauge speaker wire. They sound great!
1233944
It is possible, but not often, and there are simple remedies. First check the local broadcast towers for power and distance using http://www.antennapoint.com/ If the 1000 KWatt towers are more than 10 miles away you should have little to no problem. Often, most users will have more than one TV receiver that they want to connect using a PASSIVE splitter. A one-to-two way passive splitter has a loss of 3 to 4 dB on each output. A one-to-four way passive splitter has a loss of 6 to 8 dB on each output. There's also a loss on the down lead cable from the antenna which is typically 1 to 3 dB for 50 feet of RG6. RG59 has more than double the loss of RG6. Considering all the losses (just add up the ones used in your installation) and the distances to the powerful broadcast towers, there is usually no overload problems. If by chance you have an overload problem, add another splitter to increase the losses and verify the problem is overload. Channel Master has another low noise preamplifier 7778 which has only 16dB of gain instead of the 7777 which has 30dB of gain. Start by entering your zipcode into the antennapoint website to see if you have high power transmitters (1000 kilowatt or more) closer than 10 miles.
1567337
wall plugins doesn't carry the distance and for every wall plug you use, you also lose internet speed. so always bet just to have 1 reater that covers all areas. this amp wireless i use covers 2 stories at800 sq feet each floor
915312
Whether it is required or not depends on your home location. We are ~20-25 miles from the TV towers, have the antenna connected to 3 TVs, and I did need to add the Winegard amplifier. It worked without the amplifier, but works much better with it.
1463617
I have not used that one but using channel master I am getting signals as far as 70 or more miles with also using signal amp. hope this helps.
262010
I am 30 miles away from broadcast towers and although they are quite clear, the lower channels are tough to tune in. I'd say you should probably go with a larger outdoor antenna at that distance.
2192739
Unless you live within a few blocks of the tower, don't bother. I live a bout 10 miles from the nearest tower and I can't pick it up. The real strength of this player is the battery life and the sound quality.
841665
I doubt it. My connection gets dicey 10 ft outside. I really like this amp, but if you require Bluetooth reception from 30 ft it might not be the right choice.
2140793
To know what stations you can get and what kind of antenna you need to get them, put in your address in antennaweb.org. That site will give you a color coded list of available stations for your address, how far away each tower is, degrees from center. When you click on each station, there will be a popup telling you what kind of antenna you'd need to get that station. 58 miles away is pretty far. It would be my guess you'd need an outside antenna for that distance. But it also depends on terrain between you and the towers, where your tv is in your house, if there's a window nearby, direction your tv room faces, the strength of the signal from each tower, and other factors. It's a system where you have to just try different things to see what works for your conditions. I use indoor antennas. I prefer NONamplified ones plugged into separate ampts, so I can remove the amp if I want. I get a lot of stations; all of my towers are less than 25 miles away. My tv room faces the direction of where the towers are, and there's a window 3 feet from my tv. I'm lucky. Urban settings are more likely to be that way.
701519
We're down in a valley, but have no problem getting stations 30 miles away, and FM 40 miles away. The antenna is very directional and needs a rotor for best performance. If we were on a hill we could get much farther.
133523
I also live 40-50 miles from Atlanta towers. I pulled in 66 channels. If you are unhappy you can always send it back. Your hilltop should help.
515079
70 miles is a long way but it is worth the try. You may need to go to an outdoor antenna or amplified one.
2257930
It's 150 max but dependant on the area you intended to push sounds to 50 per side would probably do ok. That said Pyle makes a good amp/receiver for about $150. That has got cops our to my house twice ..and we don't have noise ordenence laws.
2064276
I live about 30 miles from the closest tower about 80-100 from the other. I'm excerpt but I don't think its to strong. This antenna is wroking great. remember when change station to put 9.1 & so on. As far getting those stations for Cleveland I don't know how you live. I hope this helps. I'm not a good witer.
266777
uff rather have to put the amp at half machine if you do not want to burn it down. I have that lower floor with 2 pioneer 350 rms and move it left the plant or heat and takes up almost no space small.