The Best TV Antenna Signal Amplifiers from an Installer 

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This man knows what he is talking about. He helped me select the equipment and proper installation of it,, that allowed us to go from 1 available TV channel,, to 18 channels!! My country get away is the best now! Thanks Tyler, if you ever get to Southeast Texas... I 'll have a steak on the grill and ice cold beer waiting for you.

The small Televes antenna with a built-in preamp I got for my mother works great. She lives on top of a hill and the TV towers are 40 miles away and the reception is awesome. She had been using one of the flat indoor pieces of junk for years until we had her roof replaced which included a metallic underlayment that killed the reception. She is very happy with her new antenna and getting more channels now. Thanks Tyler.

My folks live on the edge of their OTA market. Their antenna worked fine until stations started migrating to ATSC 3.0. Saw your videos on ATSC 3.0 and preamps. Installed a Televes 560383 single input. Totally worth it. They get all the original channels now, and even a few from a neighboring market. Thanks for the info and posting your videos!

An amp totally overwhelmed my receiver. More does not always mean better. Thank you for doing this video.

I bought the Channel Master dual gain model a couple of years ago and it has been a solid build. I believe I’m running it on the high gain and haven’t had any issues. The only down side (if there is one) is that it tends to be harder to purchase because even when I bought it was frequently out of stock.

I had a flat square window antenna that never really worked, so after hearing you educate about the horizontal antenna element to get VHF channels, I folded a 2.5 ft. sheet of tinfoil into a narrow stick and taped across the back of the cheap antenna. Now I get ALL the channels including CBS-2 in Chicago which had always been impossible. I live in 3rd flr apt 18 mi from (and with window facing) the broadcast tower downtown. Thanks Antenna Man - my cable bill dropped from $125 to $25 for internet only (Roku)

spot on. I have the Televes pre-amp running the antenna to my den TV, and the RCA running to the Flex 4K in the upstairs guest room. both are working great. I always judged my pre-amps by how many channels they would pull in connected to an antenna off my deck mounted on a PVC pipe. The Televez won hands down. I liked Antenna Direct's JUICE pre-amp as well. During my trials, I ended up dropping it one time too many and it quit working. LOL.....

Live abut 8 miles from the towers-preamp causes distortion (in my case)-I use a distribution amp to feed my Tivo,HD Homerun and TV. As always,you have a very informative video.

Yes we can over amplify a signal. I removed a unused cord from a signal splitter. The signal improved. Looks great 👍🏻. Thanks 😊 again Antenna Man.

Just installed the $85 Televes pre amp and finally success bringing Philly channels in for my Bethlehem zip code 18017! After trying three differential antenna going bigger each time and limited success, so many trips up & down the ladder. Moved here 4 years ago and finally I can watch channels 3-6-10, NBC, ABC, CBS, 17, FOX, 29. Finally with help of Antenna Man I no longer can blame the nearby mountain for casting for a twilight zone when it came to receiving TV reception. 😊❤

I'm so glad you where up front in what an amp won't do. Thank you for that.

I have a longrange Telves antenna & the Telves preamp shown. Routinely receive signals from 87 miles with exact pin point alignment on a 20 foot pole which is the tallest allowed here. Best is that there are also within 30 & 40 miles strong signals which are not effected. I highly recommend Telves antenna's which are well manufactured & the Telves pre-amp. I live in a flat area huge amount of trees & with the earth curvature receiving these signals during the afternoon was once an impossible dream but since installation normal with only very occasional weather caused outages from the weakest stations.

I've been using the Channel Master Amplify since 2017 and its been great on low it adds just enough gain to get all the channels in my area. I'm about 46-48 miles west of Phily in the NJ Pine Barrens with lots of tall pine trees.

I added the RCA one you mentioned first to my GE Pro Yagi Directional antenna setup. I didn't even take the antenna down to add it and instead spliced it in about 15-20 feet down from the antenna and I picked up 3 more channels one of them being the Movies! channel which is sweet. I also don't have as many issues with other channels. I will most likely move it to be closer to the antenna this spring when it's nice and warm if I feel like I need to.

Thanks Tyler. Stay warm buddy!

Very important information love this channel

I have a junk antenna pre-amp, and I’m thinking of replacing it. Great video, Tyler!

I got the dual Televes pre-amp and gotta say I love it. To avoid interference from both antenna I made sure they are separated by 5' on the pole with exactly same cable length from the pre-amp to both antenna. And making sure the lower antenna on the pole points to the closest market.

I have a very old Radio shack preamp it has worked great for over 20 years. I thought about upgrading it but decided to save the money.

Televes preamps have automatic gain control. This feature sets it apart from the rest. It won't kill strong signals to get weak ones. I have one on a High VHF antenna and one on a separate UHF antenna. Work perfectly.

6:11 I installed a Winegard LNA-200 yesterday and UT was the right choice because I mixed a Channel Master all-channel TV antenna with a Yagi FM antenna to get 89.9 WDAV, using one coax to the inside. I was pleased with the results as I was able to get all the local channels plus 50 FM

I have a Winegard 8700 preamp ! Thanks for info ! 👍

Thank you for a very good explanation

Good video and information thanks.

Thanks for the video information

Love your channel!🇺🇸🐻

I made that mistake years ago with the old RadioShack preamps always thinking higher gain is better. I was wondering why the picture was wavy on certain channels back in the analog days. The answer back then was signal attenuators you could install inline just before the coax went into the TV. You could turn back the gain up to 20db. How nice it would have been to have a preamp with automatic gain adjustment.

0:20 - Who just skips through ? Dude drops knowledge. Watch it all !

Just finished installing the Televes Single Input Preamp for my neighbor. Using a Antennas Direct ClearStream 4V TV Antenna she is now receiving 73 channels. Increase of 23 channels.

I've watched a number of your videos and they are very informative. At home I mostly watch cable TV but I do have an OTA for back up when cable goes out. I also have a travel trailer that came with an OTA antenna and amplifier. I travel a lot up and down the east coast. What I have found out is that I get mostly the same content no matter where I travel. I usually get the locals, but get a lot and I me a lot of infomercials, Spanish speaking channels and duplicates, which I assume are both HD and non HD of the same channel. It doesn't matter how good an antenna works if the content your receiving is bad. Out of the 30 to 40 some channels I'll get, only one or two have something I want to watch. THIS, COZI, GRIT, Comet, LAFF, Newsy, QVC and HSN seem to be OTA everywhere. I don't see me giving up cable in the near future.

Televes is the preamp professional installers prefere to use here in Costa Rica for areas with weak signals. Lots of mountains here!

I ran an insane amount of cheap cable to an outside antenna and got 15 channels. I got a high quality cable that's 6 ft to a mohu w/ their booster in a corner wall & didn't think it would work. I can get sometimes get 61 channels or as low as 29 upon rescan. I never thought cable meant so much.

Almost 20 years ago I bought a Channel Master model 4221 4-bay UHF antenna and a Channel Master cheap preamp model that had built-in 300ohm to 75ohm balun. I believe that preamp gets about 15dB or so gain which is plenty for my setup with just under 100feet RG6 coax from the antenna in the back of the house to my garage where I have a 4way splitter and the preamp power supply. The splitter feeds the existing RG59 coax lines inside the house walls to 4 rooms, that was originally used for years with cable TV, but now after switching to cable internet only I use that instead for the split antenna signal to three TVs internal digital tuner and also to my PC which has a wintv tuner card. I figure the loss of the outdoor RG6 coax cable and 4 way splitter plus shorter runs of the indoor old RG59 cable is about or under the 15dB gain of the preamp so I get good signal strength and SNR at the TVs. Also my old 4221 antenna is able to receive the two high VHF signals in my area (channel 8 and 10) fairly well even with one hill that causes those VHF signals to have to bounce over it, compared to the UHF signals in my area that are further away but have line of sight so they come in stronger. My VHF channels I get 28-30dB SNR and the UHF channels I get 33+dB SNR and no dropouts or other issues. Luckily my house is at the top of a hill and near the highest elevation in my area about 800ft above sea level. Other houses nearby are way down the hill and would probably have very poor reception compared to mine. Because of my house's high elevation I've found I don't need a tall mast above the house, I get great signal with the low profile 4-bay UHF antenna mounted stealthily under the eaves of my house in the back using a Channel Master universal antenna mount that has a 44" mast included that I have mounted up-side down. In my area of north San Diego county, the two VHF channels come from slightly west of south while all the local UHF channels come from south east so I have almost 60degrees between those two TV broadcast locations. The 4-bay UHF antenna handles that wide coverage well without a rotor!

My antique Terk HDTVa indoor antenna, combined with a 15dB NeXxtech single port RF amplifier, gets me up to 50 channels here in Toronto Ontario Canada. Many are transmitted from New York. Without the amplifier, I only get a few local channels.

I and a client have tested and found that the very low cost GE preamp is good. In my client’s situation he had both a strong station and a week one and after trying both Winegard and Channel Master the GE was the one that worked for him. I used to think that preamplifiers were only for compensating for cable and splitter signal loss but after testing the unique auto-gain adjusting Televes single-input preamp with a small Stellar Labs combination antenna and a short cable the difference in the antenna’s performance was so dramatic that I would not just think of it for compensating for signal loss.

That cheap one you mention has worked well for over 3 years at our homestead. Guess we lucked out

I live in Palm Bay in east central Florida most of the antenna i use works pretty good. My home made antenna works better than some of the ones i bought I use one of those paper type in my living room works fine about eight feet off the floor one thing i can say sometimes i get as much over thirty channels.

after a a prior model channel master got corroded and quit in less than two years, i disconnected it and connected the cables to each other to bypass the booster box on the aerial mast for a while. i think with the channel master i only got about 40 channels on a good day (in tampa bay area). after watching this vid i got that RCA booster and i now have over 70 channels clear as a bell. i had no idea there were this many channels available.

Tyler,. I have a Channel Master CM -2020 directional antenna mounted on a 30' telescoping pole. The pole is mounted about 30' from the entry point of the house, close to ground level. It then goes up to the attic and across the attic about about 25' to a two way distribution amplifier CM-3412 ultra mini distribution amp. Then output #1 about 20' to one TV, and output 2 about 30 feet to a second TV. About a month ago, the signal strength meter on the TV dropped all of the signal strengths from about 1/2 of the available channels from 3,4,or 5 bars down to one bar out of 5. The ones that were one bar, remained at one bar, or dropped off to zero bars. Should I try replacing the distribution amplifier, or the preamp? Or what do you recommend? Thanks for a great channel. Your videos have helped me get about 65 channels. I live about 1/2 way between San Antonio and Austin Texas in the Texas Hill Country. About 50 miles or more to most of the broadcast channels. The antenna is facing toward the S.A. towers, but receives pretty well from Austin off the back of the antenna. Thanks Tyler, great information!

Another reason to amplify is if you intend to use a splitter to feed multiple TVs/DVRs. The common 2:1 splitter costs you about 3dB[1] of gain. You will often want to run a feed to the living room and one to a bedroom or something. From there, in the living room, there may be an additional split to feed a DVR along with the TV set. [1] the dB unit of gain is not a linear unit of measure. 3dB means the power got doubled. 6dB means the factor is 4 and 9 dB means a factor of 8. If you hook two splitters in series you get 3dB+3dB=6dB of signal loss AKA a factor of 4 on the power.

Pre-amp, my best experience is with a Kitztech 200 Coax by far.

Have a Winegard flatwave air on my home and it performs flawlessly, but I recently purchased the winegard rvw sensar IV and it is pathetic at best even at 17' old the ground and 10 miles closer to stations than my home. My question is whether I should replace the thin cheap feeling coax that came with the antenna or just try to but something better? Thanks.

I recently replaced my 40 year old giant Channel Master Ch 2-69 antenna with the two best UHF and Hi band VHF antennas I could find. I also purchased the latest Kitz Technologies dual input preamp and am very satisfied with the setup. Kitz is a small company probably catering to TV DXers but their prices are competitive. The noise figure of the preamp is very low (good). Your viewers should know of this choice too.

I live at the bottom of a very steep hill, with most of the transmitter towers located in back on me. I’m considering putting an antenna at the top of the hill. This would require at least 500 foot cable run. What do you recommend regarding cable type and preamplifier?

Thanks Tyler!!

I use nothing but channel Master preamps. Now that preamp that can take two antennas caught my eye though.

The antenna booster I use on my RCA indoor antennas work fairly well. I get many channels and the signals are pretty strong most of the time. I don't really have nothing to complain about.

I am looking to cut the cord and have tried a couple different antenna options. Question and Delia I have is I want to have 1 antenna that can feed a signal to multiple (3) Tv's. What type of setup do I need to achieve this goal?

I use the channel master titan 2 model CM-7777. It's been a very good performer, not exactly cheap as some but we'll worth the cost. I wouldn't advise using it though if you're close enough to TV stations. My guess is 30 miles or less away with little to no interference and you probably wouldn't need it, a lower powered one, or no amp at all and you'd probably be ok if your antenna is high enough in the air. I agree, you over power a signal and it's actually worse than no extra power at all. You'd think these manufacturers would put a db gain adjuster on these amps? I think some might have it?... I just don't recall any that does have one.

Can you install the pre amp and power source in an outdoor rated box?

Tyler ; i used a televes antenna boss was not doing well in my area zip 08757 -dish took it down i then realized it was still on cable setting [ on the TV] and not AIR - but my tivo was set to AIR when we did a channel scan . dont know what i should do.. i think i want him to come back out and reinstall it again to see if it will work better this time since i changed the broadcast to AIR and then run a channel scan. i sure hope that was the problem. I dont know if my 2014 tivo does a good enough scan than my 2019 Samsung smart tv..?

The Televes preamp that you recommend, what type of guarantee comes with unit Antenna Man ????? Thanks

Hi Tyler, I’ve just got an antenna to add a UHF from another area to the south, it’s a Wineguard 8 bow tie(bay), I’m in Mi. And I aiming for Toledo Ohio, should I use two preamps or just a booster to improve the reception?

Do I leave the on/off switch in the off position on the Televes 560383 Antenna Preamp Amplifier/Combiner if I’m just using one antenna?

Can you do a test on the telva in action sir

What's the best amplifier for me in my area that would help me get more channels

I have a clear stream max-v antenna... Would a amplifier booster improve the picture clear? A lot of westerns I watch are too blurry to watch. Most are old westerns. Pleas reply, thanks...

Hello Tyler, seems antenna's I have tried I still get pixlation. Currently purchased a Clearstream 2 and using indoors on 8 feet of RG6. I am right between 2 highways and vehicles make it worse, any ideas? Thanks

I have a bad signal with a digital indoor aerial I have two of them is there any way of making signal stronger please

I have just an inside antenna that hangs on the wall ass high as possible, going to a roku TV that is almost 3 years old. I can not get any PBS channels & CBS is hit & miss. What do you feel is the best way to attract those channels. I live in the St.Louis Mo.area.

*ANTENNA MAN* Hmm -- Sounds like a superhero! Guess he kinda is a superhero to those of us who can't afford cable/satellite services. I appreciate ur videos cuz ur honest and non-bias toward products. I trust ur advice and recommendations. Grear job, my friend. 😉👍

at end my rope centurylink, did you say for price you can fix please let me know how can pay for help

I have 4 TV's on my antenna. Do you have a video for that? Only the two closest to the antenna give good signals.

Probably the most important specification for an antenna preamp is the noise figure. This is the first thing I consider.

I have GE multimedia drop amplifier that i bought from radioshack. Can this be used to amplify my TV antenna? It can't be exposed to rain.

I purchased the Mohu Leaf Ultimate 65 Amplifier Indoor Antenna. Had to use a 25ft cable to the TV. Mohu came with it's own JOLT amplifier. Is there a better product for this antenna to give me a more signal boost? Let me know and thank you for your time.

As a retired Navy TV repair man I can attest to much of what he said. I have a neighbor that has property in Palm Coast FL. He is not at this property enough to pay for cable. Sadly the closest TV signal is out of Daytona. He purchased an attic antenna and amplifier and is able to get 5 channels. I would like to get information on an antenna system that can bring on WiFi sources from open Wi-Fi networks. He is a Comcast customer and should be allowed to utilize one of Comcast's open Wi-Fi hotspot. He could then use that system with a streaming player for TV programming. I find it unacceptable that there are TV antenna's that can pick up signals 40 plus miles away but a open Wi-Fi connection that is 3 miles away is impossible to get. :(

We normally pick up a lot of stations now after storm there is no reception at all we are in the country 80 miles from Dallas 40 miles from Tyler texas

Can I use 2 antennas with a Channel Master high gain ? What else is needed?

the Televes 560383 Single Input Antenna Preamp model doesnt show a preamp to put on at to antenna which i will need since my antenna is at least 100 ft away. (connect on a tree 25 ft away from house 70 ft up. am i missing some thing?

Which works best for a portable tailgater satellite ?

Cool video, what type of amplifier can I get for an indoor antenna? Or what is a good indoor antenna? I live in Philly suburbs, thx

Do in the attic antennas work?

I have a question. I can get a Radio Shack adjustable preamp and I remember that you recommended it in one of your earlier videos. I'm putting up a wine guard 8200u when weather gets better. Do you recommend the Radio Shack one still or the channel master?

Hi I'm a over the road truck driver, what antenna would you recommend for me?

QUESTION; Tyler, I need a new antenna amplifier, and due to a number of circumstances, it can only be mounted near the tv, not up on the pole near the antenna. I like the Channel Master Adjustable gain amp, but not sure if I need med, high, dual or pro gain. I have used cheap amps til now. Time for a $90 bad boy. Other stats... I'm near an airport and get a lot of airplane interference. I'm about 18 miles from Providence, RI towers and 45 miles from Boston towers running a 2007 Terrestrial Digital antenna. Coax run is about 35 feet of cheap coax. The cheap amps have always worked even tho they're in the wrong location. Any help is appreciated.

I live about 35 miles from Nashville and have a Channel Master Digital Advantage 60. I bought the single antenna input Televes preamp and it works great for my 75 foot quad shield RG6 coax run.

I've never, never placed any confidence is a pre amp. I believe I'm with you inorder to get the antenna going with as close to 30 db gain, as possible. Sorry I learned this from ham and CB radios. I became easily able to connect to people thousands of miles away and even with skip across to Sidney. Very amazing to me all with a standard, or so I say, antenna. I was playing with antennas for my crystal am radio set. And the world became bigger. Gee I made improvements from creating a good ground plain. What ever you are right on for all your recommendations. I should not say how I improve all my stationary CB & FM, & even marine. You keep up the good work.

I have the Televes Boss antenna that came the indoor amp. Is there a need to add an amp to the antenna end also.

What is opinion on a Omni directional RV antenna and booster....I'm currently using a Wingard 360 mounted flat on the roof of RV...It does not work very well at all. I'm hoping to find a better system. Thanks

Tyler I have a problem with my rv antenna (no signal). It worked fine and then one day it would not work at all. I confirmed that I had 12 volts from the power booster to the antenna. I replaced the power booster and it started working. I thought the problem was solved until I tried to use it again and it would not pickup a channel as before. So I replaced the antenna still didn’t work. I temporarily hooked up a regular residential style antenna on the roof bypassing the booster going straight into the tv and it worked fine. I replaced Omni directional antenna, replaced power booster, confirmed proper voltage and still nothing. I really need someone smarter than me to help locate the problem?

Good morning.. I have a Clearstream 4 TV Antenna, 70+ Mile Range, UHF, Multi-Directional antenna. I didnt realize the VHF wasnt part of the antenna until I had purchased it.. I live in an area with poor signal reception anyway and had pretty low expectations from the start. I was able to get around 15 channels but sometimes not very well.. Couple questions, (1)I am only using 40ft(approx) of RG6 cable so distance isnt the problem, would a booster make any difference in your opinion and (2)can I add a VHF antenna to the antenna I have or would it lessen the already low signal quality? Thank

MERRY CHRISTMAS HAPPY NEW YR 2023 2024 considering dual televees two way tv splitter you mention difficulties holding onto CW 11 WPIX sub channels... 9 stories high 60 miles away nyc previous antenna suggested by you Dab televees uhf vhf antenna works but maybe due to shared vhf uhf access may cause my issues curiosity question maybe you can respond to this ATC uses same vhf signals could they cause interferences ch s 7 -13 ?... hmmm anyfilter out there that can elimibate this idea .. please research respond when able

I just got the televes single input model 560383 pre amp with the power distribution plug. I followed the directions and have the one line going to the pre amp from the antenna and the other going to the f connector/power distributor where it branches out to the tv. I turned the switch on and I don’t get a green light. If I hook up a small amplifier (no included in kit) with a coax cable and connect that to the pre amp then I get a green light. Can someone please tell me what the hell I’m doing wrong? 😂

What is best in line amphifiers.?

I already have a LTE/5G filter but I continue to have some interference on some channels. I don't think signal strength is the real issue but do you think the Televes filter works better than a Channel Master filter does?

That CM 7777V3 is out of stock everywhere or id buy one.

What is the difference between having two antennas hooked together and having a 8 directional bay

I just ordered the low and high gain pre amp from channel master, the $89 one. I installed it outside yesterday, worked perfectly and boosted channels from 33 to 48. This evening, however, something seems to have happened without me touching anything. There is no light when the amp is on low setting, and the red light on high setting is barely on, and flickers a little bit. The only thing I can think of is the crazy wind and rain storm that just happened. Should I have installed the amp inside, instead? I have an outdoor antenna, so I thought it was supposed to be as close to the antenna as possible.

Does a wingard LNA 200 or 100 booster work ok for an indoor antenna? Thanks...

A man I bought a booster from radio shack and got worse reception $40. And they won't take it back! What would the boost level be?

I live in a hole and I’d like to find out what best antenna to buy two get it get out . I tried two different Antanas and couldn’t receive nothing because I live in the bottom of the hill please help I wanna cut the table

This wouldn't work in an older RV would it where there is no access to the antenna cable near the antenna. There is only access where it comes out of the wall in the media center.

Tyler, do you have a video with recommendations for cheap digital TV tuner boxes with signal quality meters? I know you recommend portable TVs in the past, but they're up around $100 right now. I'd love to spend $30 on a tuner box that tells me signal quality for each channel.

Does antop 400bv have a preamp built in?

Boston has low VHF, PBS channel 2.1, CBS 4.1, ABC channel 5.1, then Rhoad Island/New Bedford ABC is channel 6.1. We also have a lot of UHF channels ranging from 15, 24, 25, 36, 38, 44, 46, 56, 62, 64 and 68. I might check this one out as the RCA mini yagi is struggling to pull in PBS and CBS.

what about the Winegard LNA-200 Boost amp. That is what I use and it seems fine

For longer runs, you might try RG11. More expensive, but has less loss at the higher channels (UHF).

How can I boost the signal in my car?