I purchased the Televes Signal Booster. I chose this one because of the review from Antenna Man. These signal numbers where taken about 10minutes apart.
Hardware I used
HDHR Quatro
Televes 560383 Single Input Antenna Preamp Amplifier
Antenna Direct Rooftop Antenna with VHF
Before adding the signal booster
Ch # --- Signal Strength --- Signal Quality
5.1 (PBS) --- 73% --- 100%
8.1 (Bounce) --- 47% --- 59%
9.1 (NBC) --- 69% --- 81%
20.1 (ABC) --- 70% --- 100%
21.1 (ION) --- 11% --- 0% (Weak Signal)
28.1 (CBS) --- 56% --- 78%
43.1 (Univ) --- 11% --- 0% (Weak Signal)
51.1 (FOX) --- 70% --- 100%
After adding signal Booster
Ch # --- Signal Strength --- Signal Quality
5.1 (PBS) --- 100% --- 100%
8.1 (Bounce) --- 97% --- 67%
9.1 (NBC) --- 100% --- 77%
20.1 (ABC)--- 100% --- 100%
21.1 (ION) --- 59% --- 0% (Weak signal)
28.1 (CBS) --- 100% --- 93%
43.1 (Univision) --- 57% --- 0% (Weak Signal)
51.1 (FOX) --- 100% --- 100%
Summary: I was hoping it would help me get ch 21 & 43 (plus sub channels) more clearly. I currently only can pic up a picture occasionally. I wish I could get these reliably because there are a lot of Movie channels I would like to record from. It did increase there signals but not enough to be reliable.
My main concern was CBS & ABC. I get about 1-2 recording interrupted from CBS (+ sub stations) a week. I did see significant gains on CBS Signal quality went from 78% to 93%.
I am hoping I will see a reduction in "recording interrupted"