onn. Digital Signal Amplifier For Indoor Antennas

The Onn antenna amplifier did basically what I wanted it to do. Is it perfect? No, but it did strengthen the signal on my local Nashville ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox Stations. I have a flat square antenna made by Craig and it was able to pull in both ABC and NBC which were 2 of the hardest stations to get in and the 2 that I needed most. The signal wouldn't even bother coming in with a lot of other antennas i've tried and I live between 35-45 minutes from the nearest towers. The amplifier took the channels from being weak to fluctuating normal/good and they are staying in. I am in the process of cancelling my overpriced cable (after my current billing cycle) and going with Directv Now online tv service since they recently added my local CBS and Fox stations and the service works nearly flawless in free trial testing on my Roku Express. I have my antenna located inside a storage shed on my apartment patio so that helps eliminate the need to hang the antenna or the cable on the wall or have the cable running across the floor causing a trip hazard just to get signal.

I picked this up at my local Walmart because I was getting a very weak signal on my NBC affiliate. I bought an outdoor/attic antenna and mounted it in my attic. It was rated for about a 35 mile range so I thought I wouldn't need a signal amplifier at all. Unfortunately, no matter how I adjusted my antenna, I was not receiving a good signal on just one channel NBC. So I installed this and lo-n-behold, I instantly got the boost I needed to get a steady and strong enough signal to watch NBC. It was installed just behind my receiver as I only have one TV that was hooked up to the antenna. It is worth noting that I had bought a cheaper one (Wsky) that used USB power that did not work at all.

It took a little trial sand error to find the right spot for my antenna with this amplifier but I finally did and am thankful for the extra channels

We were hoping to receive additional channels with this device; however we didn't receive any additional channels. Had to return.

Getting off cable has been a challenge. After trying 3 antennas and 2 amps I finally have a winning combination. If you have an outdoor cable box with splitter like me, you're probably frustrated that most of the amps are designed for indoors and need a power source. I tried this unit inside with bad results on both an inside and outside antenna. The literature on the indoor amplifiers insist that they have to go BEFORE the splitter, but what if your splitter is not in the attic or garage, but outside? I finally did an experiment with the outdoor antenna - during a bad storm no less, when some channels had dropped - and set up the amp BEFORE the splitter in the exterior cable box on an extension cord. OMG, I was amazed. All channels are clear and stable on 3 TV's, even the TV that's 100 feet from the box. Now I've added an outlet nearby and have perfect reception. So, with the right setup this little unit does the trick!