#Outside antenna booster install#

You can run a longer coax run from the amplifier outside (up to 150ft of low loss RG6 cable) to the power injector that's plugged-in inside the home. This unit also includes a 'power injector', which allows you to plug it in inside, without running any electrical wires outside.

#Outside antenna booster install#

Outdoor signal amplifiers are the most effective, as they are closely mounted to the antenna with virtually no install loss in between. MORE ABOUT OUTDOOR SIGNAL BOOSTERS / PREAMPLIFIERS: They're meant for installs with we over 50ft of coax cable and/or splitters in the line that are dropping down the signal, otherwise they typically won't make an impactful improvement to the reception or range of an antenna. *Important Note: If your install doesn't have high install loss, signal amplifiers (or preamplifiers) likely won't help. Switchable FM trap reduces interference from FM frequencies.*This is enough gain to restore loss for up to an 6-way splitterВ and 200ft of RG6 Coax Cable (or up to an 8 way splitter and 100ft of RG6 cable to each TV). Most places online are still selling the 'old' model, this current listing is indeed the new (late 2019), improved model. The old model looks very similar, but had 3 x coax connections (one was for a separate VHF input), this new improved model that came out in late 2019 only has two coax connectors.

*Note: at this time, most sources online are still selling the previous model, however the voltage regulator improvement was applied to the new model. RCA has since informed us, they have remedied this, with better voltage regulator.

Both units look the same form the outside and the old model worked very well, except it had a higher failure rate / less reliable voltage regulator. NOTE: THIS IS RCA's NEW MODEL (launched in late 2019) which has the more reliableВ power supply / power inserter (much better voltage regulator).