My antenna setup included a pre-amp, but was not working as well as it had many years ago. I decided to do a little research and chose the TV Antenna PreAmp 1. Reading the materials I also decided that it was time to pull in a new cable, also Channel Master brand. I live about 55 miles from the tv stations broadcast towers by Green Bay, Wisconsin. The PBS station that I enjoy was becoming more difficult to pull-in. The early morning after installing the cable and the pre-amp was interesting... my older tv pulled in 60 stations (including a few from across Lake Michigan!). I do not expect to view all of these, conditions must have been ideal... but it was good to see that my older "deep fringe antenna" worked so well with the new cable & pre-amp. I am well-satisfied!!