great tv antenna better than the 8200 u

great tv antenna better than the 8200 u  Read Less

Very easy to assemble. Number of stations went from 2 to 8 after installation. Well made.

Very easy to assemble. Number of stations went from 2 to 8 after installation. Well made.  Read Less

Works great. Awesome signal strength. Highly recommend.Can you use this antenna to feed multiple TVs? Depends.Digital TV sig...  Read More

Works great. Awesome signal strength. Highly recommend.Can you use this antenna to feed multiple TVs? Depends.Digital TV signal is either good enough to decode or not. When it is Not, you get dropped frames, freezing, and audio loss, and finally no channel at all.You will not get reduced definition from signal degradation. The signal is transmitted in either HD or SD. It can't be reduced by noise or splitting the way analog signals were. If the signal goes below the decod, or receive, threshold, you just won't see that channel anymore.Signal quality is measured in dbi, and SNR. dbi is a measure of power. More expensive receivers can decode at slightly lower dbi levels.SNR is Signal to Noise Ratio. If there is not a lot of noise, the noise level will be closer or below the signal level, giving a lower SNR. Higher SNR signals will decode at lower dbi levels.There are a lot of factors to signal strength including distance to transmitter, nearby obstructions (trees, hills, tall buildings) other signals bouncing off buildings and adding to or canceling out signals, height of antenna, antenna cable quality, and number of connections.Most noise is environmental and you can't do much to reduce it. Use a good quality quad shielded cable to prevent the antenna wire from picking up interference from things in your own house like electrical wiring, wifi, power supplies,and microwaves.Amplifiers make everything louder the good signal and the noise. If it works without an amp, you don't need it. If the SNR is low an amp won't help because the noise will still be stronger than the signal.Everytime you split the signal you reduce it by 3dbi. Cable connecters usually lose 2 dbi. If the overall signal quality is high enough, you could split it multiple times. Using a single high quality mutli splitter is better than several cheap two way splitters stacked up.Using a higher gain antenna will give you a better starting signal strength, but higher gain antennas are also more directional.If the transmitter towers are not all in the same direction, or within 15 degrees of two directions for this antenna with separately adjustable arrays, the off beam signals will be lower strength.I was able to use an old medium range UHF antenna to feed four TVs with leftover cable tv wiring. I replaced that antenna with this quad bowtie after several elements blew off in storms.  Read Less