samven1 wrote:
A common problem with remote amps (those not built into the head) is that the small loss of signal from the antenna thru the coax and connectors is all thats needed to put weak signals below the noise threshold. In many cases amps actually hurt your reception because they add their own noise on to the signal. Bad amps can add 3 or 4 db and really good amps still add 1 or 2. In general the only time an amp is needed is to overcome loss from long cable runs and splitters and should be before those losses happen not after.
Yes, this is exactly what I meant by the device possibly adding noise.