TV Antenna PreAmp > Amplifier Coax Length?

Question

I just bought a Phillips UHF/VHF/FM PreAmp (Model SWS2083W/17) for my antenna. What is the max. length of coaxial (75 ohm) or twinlead (300 ohm) cable I can have between the PreAmp at the antenna and the Amplifier that plugs into the wall outlet?

Answer 1

Lots of variables there.  It depends on:

1) How good the cable is (how lossy it is)

2) What frequencies you are trying to receive (the higher the frequency, the more the loss in the cable)

3) How noisy the pre-amp is.

4) How strong the stations are.

5) How good the antenna is, and how well it's pointed

6) Whether you have line-of-sight on the transmitting towers.

7) How far away you are from the transmitting towers.

8) How good your TV receiver is

Sorry for no "pat" answers... you just have to do the measurements and/or run the numbers if you can get ahold of them.