THE CIMPLE CO Antenna Amplifier, Digital TV Signal Booster, Adjustable Gain, 24 dB Distribution, NTSC, ATSC, FM, UHF, VHF, 1000 MHz, Includes RG6 Coaxial Cable

I was using an 18dB amp that came with an external antenna, basic plastic thing, that seemed boastful at 18dB, it was pretty weak. Temporarily using this antenna indoors for testing as I set up my new house. Figuring if it can do well inside, it will almost certainly do better when I mount it high up outside. This amp being 6 dB more at 24dB did the trick for FM signal. Cleared up the bits of static in the signal right away and I picked up a couple stations that would not lock on stereo loud and clear. I have it cranked all the way, but when I backed it off a bit, signal was still good.Have not used this one yet for HDTV/Off air channels, but original amp actually handled this frequency segment well enough, it was more the FM Radio signals I was trying to boost. Radio signal can be tricky, radios with built in antennas placed upstairs in one corner of the house are all good, downstairs in the opposite corner...static, weak, won't grab some stations at all. I went around with a battery powered radio outside and inside and found the sweet spot locations, but it's really about the number of walls, etc. between the radio and the tower transmitter out there. I live in a more remote area now and am sort of old school, I like having good old FM radio available for NPR and any radio stations I can pick up. This did the trick. I'm using apps more on smart TV's for some stuff...still wanted good strong FM/TV antenna infrastructure at the ready. I'm considering adding a second amp in line to boost the heck out of the signal, probably don't not need it. Previous owner had satellite TV (shudder, ripped that out immediately), so in house cable distribution is all over the place in virtually every room. Will take advantage of this for TV/Radio now as it's any easy swap/add.Some negative reviews here had me scratching my head, sounded like they might have hooked it up wrong or have a weak antenna/poor placement? Or it could be defective I suppose, but there is not much to fail with this basic amp. This amp does appear to have every bit of the power described. I've tried it with a smaller window mount antenna and a large modular exterior antenna (again temporarily inside), both had good to great results respectively.General rules of thumb:-Place an amp as close to the antenna as possible, this can make a big difference. If you place it way down stream of long meandering wire runs and splitters, might not perform as well.-Some even mount the amp right to the antenna pole outside and run power to it or an amp is integrated in the antenna. If you are within about 20 feet to the amp from antenna, should be all good.-You can stack amps in line, to push that dB power up there, although I doubt most people will need this.-If you are using existing coaxial cable TV infrastructure (and you are using cable TV boxes still over smart TV apps), caution when loading up amps in line with it, generally it's fine to share signals here, but too much can interfere with one signal or the other. Plus if you have cable TV, you probably don't need an off air antenna for HDTV/Local channels anyway.-Survey around the house for best antenna placement.-Invest in a quality antenna, remote steerable ones are really cool for dialing this in.

It works great, I get channels I couldn't get before. Easy to setup, just attach your antenna and source cables, plug it in and you are ready to go. It has an adjustable gain on it, but I just leave mine set to the max. Can't beat the price, and the housing is made out of metal. It has mounting holes on the flange so you can attach it to the back of a cabinet, etc.

Helps get tv signals without a lot extras Why did you pick this product vs others?:Simple to use and easy to hook upPicture quality:picture quality is excellent as is the sound quality

This is the second one of this brand I have ordered, it lasted 2 years and 3 months. That's $1.33 a month. Over the years I have tried a few different brands, none had this much boost, or lasted this long. So to me it is well worth the price. When this is working I get 5 bars on all available channels, without it I get 2.

seems to be working , we wanted to get our local news and it wouldn't hold a good signal since we installed this it works a lot better , it does go out once in awhile but come right back we are happy with this booster we tried others but worked as good as this one .

first, there is no padding in the box these come in. All 3 units were shipped in a loose bag, so 1 unit the ADJ pot know was broken, making it pretty much useless and I returned it.This product does seem to have some filtering effects that cleans up the signals and is more useful in my opinion. I didn't really see the entire 24dB gain as it amplifies EVERYTHING including local channels such that those signals can reach a saturation point. So whatever distant signal you are trying to get, you are stuck with those combined signal levels (high SNR vs. low SNR) based on how your antenna(s) is/are pointed.In my situation, I am using 2 DTV antennas pointed in different directions. First, I check the signals individually with my already purchased bluetooth Winegard BW-2000 and the iphone Winegard App "Connected" at the antennas to optimize the directions and stations I am able to receive. You can check the SNR for each signal and watch it increase and decrease based on how you are pointing.Once I receive a balance in obtainable signal strengths, I reconnect each antenna on my chimney where they are mounted to individual 25 foot coax cable runs.Inside my home, I amplify each antenna separately. 1 antenna uses some old amps first and then this unit, the other antenna just needs 1 of these units.Then I reverse split each feed 2-1 into a distribution box / amp, which sends the combined signals out to each TV with 4 coax cable runs.Then I check it by using the Winegard BW-2000 at the end of my final antenna system configuration (only needed to check 1 of 4 runs) before rescanning the channels on each TV. This verifies the signal at the antennas are similar to what the TV scans.I found the BW-2000 (sold separately) to be very helpful, yet not completely accurate. Regardless, I am able to pick up some distant channels that come from different directions based on each antenna's orientations, balancing the strengths of the local channels, so each TV scans the same signals with similar results while using these amplifiers. ymmv.

So far it hasn’t made a difference. I’m going try again, but I had better luck with an amplified Clearstream antenna in the window , than a larger Clearstream antenna using the amplifier mounted on the roof.

I've tried other amplifiers but this one has surpassed my expectations. I live in a rural area and it helped a great deal receiving more channels as well as cutting down on signal interference and the screen breaking up. It's a good product.