“I live way in the woods in the country I need a tv amplifier booster to give me more then 3 channels 120 miles would be good. Have any ideas for me”
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There are some antennas out there boasting outlandish and totally bogus distance claims, but in reality, it is impossible to predict reliable reception of any kind of radio signal from more than 80 miles due to the curvature of the earth. While it is possible to ocassionally receive signals during optimistic atmospheric conditions from much farther distance than 80 miles, reliable reception from 120 miles will be very difficult. If you're going to try, firstly you'll need alot of planning and research, and you start this by getting your gps coordinates; go to rabbitears.com; and run several reports on your location at different antenna heights to determine what kind of antenna(s) you'll need to give it a try. At that distance, you'll likely need alot of height; one of the best and most expensive antennas made; and the most powerful preamp. If you have only UHF signals being broadcast, you can try either an XG-91 or a DB8e both manufactured by Antennas Direct and a Channel Master CM-3777. If you have both VHF and UHF signals, you can try a Channel Master or Winegard rated for 100 mile range. They make models that are for the full spectrum of VHF and UHF that are huge, or they have semi huge antennas for VHF-high-only and UHF if you have no VHF-low signals. Alternatively, you can opt for combining a bow tie or yagi UHF antenna like a DB8e and a Stellar Labs 30-2476; but it's a more involved installation. You have asked this question as if it were no big deal, but it is. I'm 56-83 miles from transmitters; I've got $400 in equipment and lots of hours in equipment to get 8 out of ten signals. If you're trying to get signals 120 miles away, you'll probably be disappointed on the result. What you must not do is buy onr of those antennas advertised beyond 100 miles. Those are junk antenna that are inferior to the ones I've listed above. They are looking for suckers to buy them.
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Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.If your are 120 miles from HDTV broadcast towers, that very well might be tough to receive HDTV signals from that far away. You should make sure you have a very good antenna also, best buy sells a brand ChannelMaster that has 100mile range (currently sold out for me). Any way, that is only part of system when receiving signals 100+ miles to HDTV tower. To answer your question of HDTV signal amplifier, I personally use ChannelMaster's (www.channelmaster.com) adjustable gain preamplifier CM-7777HD. I like it because it has a high gain signal amplifier of course, but it also has LTE phone signal block that could interfere with HDTV reception included for a good price. I don't think best buy has a support page to help understand antenna needs, but many websites have them. You probably already have found some, but channelmaster has one also. On their webpage, click on support, and then click on antenna selection in help quides. If you do a google search for 'HDTV signal reception', there should be a result for the for the FCC website titled 'DTV Reception Maps', which I also like. Good luck
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