Original TRUTH AMP ©™ - UHF VHF HDTV Digital TV Antenna Signal Booster Amplifier

Description: The TRUTH AMP ©™ - UHF VHF HDTV Digital TV Antenna Signal Booster Amplifier Complete concept, text, descriptions and photos copyright ©2009-2023 by mediaman6-eBay. All rights reserved and enforced! "THE ORIGINAL TRUTH AMPLIFIER"©™ Professional Quality HDTV Antenna Signal Booster Amplifier LINEAR VHF - UHF ATTENTION! PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE DESCRIPTION CAREFULLY ... So that you know EXACTLY what you are buying with our offering! If you are using a "Smart Phone" browser, please choose "DESKTOP VIEW"! PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS AN ABBREVIATED version of our original listing description! You can find the original detailed description version on our website, OTCraftworks.com . We hesitated for years to present an abbreviated description since we believe that ALL the info we include in the original is BENEFICIAL and, in some cases for the novice buyer... NECESSARY information for anyone considering buying an amplifier. The preface of the original description also contains an interesting explanation (we think), the "TRUTH IN A NUTSHELL", about how our handmade amp evolved to utilize a mint tin housing and, thus, became the "TRUTH IN A MINT TIN"! PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT, MOST UNFORTUNATELY... DUE TO NEW EBAY POLICY OF OCTOBER 2017 ... WE CAN NO LONGER PRESENT ILLUSTRATIVE PHOTOS AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACES WITHIN OUR DESCRIPTIONS DUE TO THEIR NEW FORMATTING HTML RESTRICTIONS. THEREFORE, PLEASE REFER TO THE FEWER PHOTOS ABOVE IN THE EBAY PHOTO SECTION ONLY. NOTE TO "WATCHERS" ... IF YOU ARE WATCHING AND WAITING TO SEE IF THE PRICE WILL BE LOWERED I ASSURE YOU, OUT FRONT THAT IT WILL NOT BE! THE "TRUTH" WAS ONE OF THE FIRST, AND BEST SELLING, HDTV AMPLIFIERS ... AND STILL ONE OF THE FEW TRULY DIGITAL SIGNAL OPTIMIZED AMPLIFIERS OFFERED ON EBAY AFTER THE DIGITAL BROADCAST TRANSITION IN 2009! WE NEVER OFFER DISCOUNTS... OR REDUCED PRICING ON EBAY, FOR ANY REASON! Each truth amplifier is carefully handcrafted from beginning to completion by the original designer, retired broadcast engineer and experimenter, O.T. Hudson. There is NO mass production involved. Each unit is individually hand assembled with circuitry expertly silver soldered ... with meticulous attention to detail at every step of the process. Then, each amplifier is carefully individually tested, TWICE, for performance .... first on the RF test bench and then in a "real world" receiving setup prior to being certified for shipment. You won't find many other items manufactured this way nowadays! O.T. can only build and sell a few of these per month in this manner ... So, obviously, his motive is not to "get rich" ... (although he does remind you that any proceeds go to his favorite charity ... HIM!) Instead, he is truly motivated by his desire to share his niche creation with as many as possible who will benefit by its application. When you consider the fact that eBay gets 10% off the top ... the USPS gets another 10% plus for shipping ... and PayPal gets an additional 3.5% ... then toss in the costs of all the parts ... you can readily see that O.T. is not getting much for all the time he devotes! The unit for this listing is completed, tested and ready to ship NOW! Remember, too, that you will also receive extensive, detailed printed application notes and tips (4 pages!)for helping you optimize your own reception setup! Please read these CAREFULLY BEFORE installation/application! This version of the "TRUTH" amplifier is an indoor amplifier with included plug-in remote power supply. We have removed the mast mount version from our eBay listings because that unit requires some minimal technical knowledge to apply it and many of our recent eBay buyers had no idea what they were buying or how to mount it or utilize it. If you are a knowledgable enthusiast and would like more info on the mast mount version you can find details on O.T.'s website- OTCraftworks.com SPECS ...THE TRUTH: Guaranteed low noise figure of 1.4 dB (typically 1.2 dB) Linearly amplifies complete RF spectrum VHF, FM, UHF 75 ohms in/out Input clamped for static/overload protection On board power supply decoupling conditioning Improves the noise figure/sensitivity of most current generation digital TV receivers Outperforms some brand name "pro" units in the $150 to $250 range Designed and built for a lifetime of reliable performance with proper use Flat stable gain of 18dBmv (+/- 1 dB) 50 MHz to 1.2 GHz *NOTE*- When it comes to gain with digital amplifiers... the sophomoric approach that "more" is always better, does NOT apply! We feel that about 18 dB of true, linear signal gain is perfect for digital antenna signals without adding noise or distortion! A signal amplifier is just ONE component in a signal chain which is always only as good as its weakest link. And, recption variables are unique to every locatrion. There are, however, general accepted guidelines to help one make an educated determination as to what SHOULD work in a given location to possibly improve performance for each component in the chain. We try to cover most of these in our descriptions which I urge you to READ CAREFULLY (TWICE!) BEFORE PURCHASING our amplifier! One of the best of these suggestions and one of the best ways to determine possible, expected reception performance for your particular location is to go to the TVFOOL.com website and enter your address into their search form. They will issue a chart for your specific location showing the available channels for your address arranged according to signal strength (with the strongest first in descending order to the weakest). It will also show you the available transmitted signal strength in dB, the distance of the transmitting station from your location and the exact compass coordinates for pointing your antenna among other useful information. Assuming the PROPER passive antenna (such as our "TruTenna" design in our alternate listings), properly located and positioned, our amplifier properly applied along with the other necessary peripherals (including good coax, connectors and an adequately sensitive receiver/tuner) ....THEN you can conclude with some certainty, assuming all conditions are accounted for, that you should be able to receive all of the channels they list in their chart in the green and yellow sections, as well as most of the pink, fairly consistently. The weakest ones listed at the very bottom of the pink section may only be available at night or sporadically and some few in the top of the weak, grey area may be available under the best of propagation/reception conditions but not consistently. This chart will not be 100% accurate (nothing is) but it is usually a very good "ballpark" indicator. Again we emphasize that an amplifier is only ONE link in a signal chain and it all starts with a good, properly positioned, passive antenna. Where an amplifier is required or desired, and properly utilized and applied, our TRUTH amp has been proven time and again to be as good as it gets in terms of digital signal amplification. But, remember that NO amplifier can "invent", or help improve, signals that are not traveling down the coax to the amp input whether they are either just not there for detection by an antenna to begin with, or interfered with in some way by airborne or electrical disturbance, or not properly developed by an inadequate antenna. The exact style AC/DC wall transformer may vary. The TRUTH amp accepts any DC power source from +9 VDC to +12VDC The amplifier draws about 10 ma at 9 volts and about 14 ma at 12 volts DC The polarity of the 3.5 mm plug/jack is tip positive, sleeve negative. TESTIMONIALS We continue to receive some very nice feedback from eBay buyers ... While you can find these and many, many more recent ones interspersed throughout our feedback profile... I thought it might be beneficial to bring just some of of their many interesting comments up front here in the description so that you can see at a glance what a few other eBay buyers have to say about our TRUTH amp offered here! TRUTH UHF VHF HDTV Digital Antenna Signal Booster Amplifier I bought a few...this one is tops! Don't judge by looks. Works Great! eBay user- keith390blues (#130517734786) TRUTH UHF VHF HDTV Digital Antenna Signal Booster Amplifier He could easily charge $100.00 or more, it's that good!!! Fast shipping! Thanks! eBay user- palmettopounder (#130754643682) TRUTH UHF VHF HDTV Digital Antenna Signal Booster Amplifier Thanks for a smooth transaction!!! Second one purchased and THEY WORK!!! eBay user- palmettopounder (#141034548145) TRUTH UHF VHF HDTV Digital Antenna Signal Booster Amplifier This is a great product. It works as described and is quality made. Thank you. eBay user- ray755 (#130451222211) TRUTH UHF VHF HDTV Digital Antenna Signal Booster Amplifier Amazing! 150% signal gain, clarity is (now) perfect. THIS IS THE AMP YOU NEED! eBay user- bright_one (#130435526792) TRUTH UHF VHF HDTV Digital Antenna Signal Booster Amplifier Digital channel improved 50%, got 5 more chnls. Will build new TruTenna also. Thanks! eBay user- belka510 (#130664067203) TRUTH UHF VHF HDTV Digital Antenna Signal Booster Amplifier Super fast shipping!!! The "Truth" is now truthfully boosting my DTV!!! eBay user- elkherdcheer (#130597962344) TRUTH UHF VHF HDTV Digital Antenna Signal Booster Amplifier Works great! Picked up 15 more channels!! eBay user- bigflower (#130650531299) TRUTH UHF VHF HDTV Digital Antenna Signal Booster Amplifier went from 19 channels to 36 most are 75 to 135 miles away good product thanks... eBay user- 44magnum53 (#13097336729) TRUTH UHF VHF HDTV Digital Antenna Signal Booster Amplifier Works great! Getting ready to buy a second one from this seller for different tv eBay user- bb.ww.aa (#130961757430) TRUTH UHF VHF HDTV Digital Antenna Signal Booster Amplifier This signal amplifier/item works very well! He's telling THE TRUTH! eBay user- frypan2112 (#131089663489) TRUTH UHF VHF HDTV Digital Antenna Signal Booster Amplifier lowered my pixelization by 90% over the commercial unit, buy one! eBay user- n8rspowr519 (#1310506110340 TRUTH UHF VHF HDTV Digital Antenna Signal Booster Amplifier Doubled my signal strength without degrading the sensitivity of my receiver. eBay user- mr--s (#130823648096) TRUTH UHF VHF HDTV Digital Antenna Signal Booster Amplifier This seller knows his stuff, very helpful, great product, I'm very happy eBay user- ja1614love (#130731521263) TRUTH UHF VHF HDTV Digital Antenna Signal Booster Amplifier helped the strength of the signal rom 30% to 65% thank you!!!!! eBay user- hawkhead77 (#140876268165) TRUTH UHF VHF HDTV Digital Antenna Signal Booster Amplifier works as described, recommend, thanks, good bye directTV eBay user- mellisph702 (#131092534812) TRUTH UHF VHF HDTV Digital Antenna Signal Booster Amplifier makes the chinese 2din stereo w/ atsc tuner in my truck worth what I paid for it eBay user- glovester1988 (#130868216113) TRUTH UHF VHF HDTV Digital Antenna Signal Booster Amplifier Works well. Still some good AMERICAN MADE products out there. Keep it up! A+ eBay user- theboog10 (#130837519797) TRUTH UHF VHF HDTV Digital Antenna Signal Booster Amplifier Amp seems as good as the renowned Winegard HDA-100, is cheaper and in one piece eBay user- dds6263 (#141004137745) TRUTH UHF VHF HDTV Digital Antenna Signal Booster Amplifier super product, 10x better than my old radio shacker THANKS AGAIN!! eBay user- hogmann60 (#131223325571) TRUTH UHF VHF HDTV Digital Antenna Signal Booster Amplifier WORKS BETTER THAN ANY STORE BOUGHT or BRAND NAME AMPLIFIER! Thats the TRUTH! magicpassion4u (#131223327103) TRUTH UHF VHF HDTV Digital Antenna Signal Booster Amplifier Far surpasses all my expectations..couldn't ask for more....thank you. josephl8470 (#131219402433 You can always buy a cheap amp at WalMart or one of the cheap Chinese/Mexican/Taiwan imports also sold on eBay...or, alternately, you can spend just a bit more and buy our one-of-a-kind, original, HAND-MADE with personal care (in the USA), individually tested, ultimate quality, "TRUTH" amplifier from this single, exclusive source, which INCLUDES shipping and handling, and have yourself a TRUE signal amplifier that REALLY works for you ... a real, TRUE, LIFETIME, quality performer. The "TRUTH" amplifier was named for the faithful way it performs in maintaining full signal integrity. Unlike many on the market, this amplifier is specifically designed, fabricated and tested to be the ultimate low noise, broadband, linear, OTA broadcast television signal amplifier performer available today, period! Utilizing a single, state-of-the- art low noise transistor with minimal, low noise support components, uniquely applied in a special circuit configuration with an esoteric, surface mount, stripline groundplane layout technique, powered by a non-typical internal power supply decoupler/conditioner ... TRULY, recognizable superior performance is the result ! Now, with a remarkable, guaranteed maximum noise figure of 1.4 dB or less, a predictable, stable gain of 18 dB over a flat, linear response curve of within 1 dB from 50 MHZ to 1.2 GHZ, this amplfier will do the job for you IF ANY WILL ! BUT ... keep in mind, that not ALL lost signal is due to "weakness" (often "glitching" and lost signal can be interference related - the included 4 page applications notes offer some valuable tips for troubleshooting interference). Also, NO RF amplifier can "boost" a signal that isn't there to begin with. So, please make sure you have optimized your antenna system, feedline and connections before ordering and applying our "TRUTH" amplifier. Assuming you have an antenna that develops at least some usable signal current above the inherent signal to noise margin limitations of your location, then this amplifier will deliver it with strength and fidelity to your TV tuner or receiver. Digital signals that were once sporadic will typically lock strongly and some of those previously, completely undetected may now be viewable, with consistency, with the "TRUTH" amplifier in the line. Keep in mind, you ALWAYS need a GOOD antenna and the best location for it possible. But, when you REALLY need an amplifer to make the final difference with a signal being captured or not, then you REALLY do, TRUTHFULLY, need our "TRUTH" amplifier! If you would like to see information on obtaining our complement DIY, "TruTenna" TRUTH antenna design info ... Please see our ... OTHER eBay LISTINGS linked above. From what we read, we see a lot of people are telling you that there is NO DIFFERENCE in HDTV transmissions from regular "old fashioned" transmissions and that devices labeled "HDTV" or "DTV" are usually just hype. Well, this may be true to some extent but not entirely. For example, of course there is definitely NO difference in the kind of antenna employed for one signal type or another. Any antenna well designed to receive the old ANALOG transmissions will certainly work just as well for digital so long as it is optimized for today's lower UHF bandwidth (and many on the market are NOT). But, there really IS a difference in the signal itself and, while older analog type amplifiers might work to amplify digital signals, many times, some of these traditional designs can actually DEGRADE the existing digital signal thereby making reception worse! The biggest noticeable difference in the digital signal envelope, as opposed to analog, is the way it is modulated. Old analog transmissions utilized amplitude modulation for the video portion of the signal, which meant the picture signal was encoded by varying the peak strength of the carrier signal by small margins. On the other hand, the digital encoding process allows the full, peak amplitude of the prescribed frequency carrier wave to be maximized and maintained at all times. Our "TRUTH" amplifier design takes into full consideration this new signal transmission medium, in the way it is processed internally, so that we really can say, TRUTHFULLY, that the "TRUTH" amplifier is an ideal "digital" signal amplifier! We remind you again that The TRUTH Amplifier is only available from THIS SOURCE ... If you see one sold elsewhere ...IT IS COUNTERFEIT... and we, and eBay, would appreciate knowing about it! BEFORE YOU PURCHASE ... PLEASE be sure that you need, and know how to correctly apply, a precision UHF/VHF signal amplifier! Understand that NO RF amplifier can work miracles if there is no usable signal developed by the antenna to begin with! Further understand that amplifiers to not "create" channels, the signals must be available in your area to begin with (one recent complainer actually believed otherwise!)! Also understand that an AMPLIFIER is NOT a tuner, or a converter box, and does not receive/decode channels on its own. Note that the TRUTH amplifier is a PREamplifier and should be used at the beginning of a signal chain right after a passive (non-amplified) antenna and BEFORE any other devices EXCEPT an optional FM trap which should preceed it. Realize that this amplifier can not be used in conjunction with any active antenna that already has its own built-in preamplifier. This will result in non-decodable digital distortion and will NOT work! Furthermore, do NOT, necessarily, expect this amplifier to outperform another amplifier that you now own which already offers both TRULY SIMILAR noise specs (few do!) combined with TRULY HIGHER gain figures (some do). Understand that the "sophomoric" approach to buying an amplifier that "more is always better" does NOT apply to amplifier GAIN! Often higher gain amplifiers sijmply boost noise and distortion making things worse! We feel that the 18 dB of gain offered by the TRUTH amp, with its low noise figure, when combined with a good, passive medium gain antenna is the best combination. Be certain that your antenna that you use with the TRUTH amplifier is, indeed, a PASSIVE antenna and that any "amplifier" which you replace with ours is, indeed, actually an amplifier and not, instead, a POWER SUPPLY for an active antenna (this has happened on several occasions!). Do not expect the TRUTH amplifier (or ANY amplifier) to improve the performance of poor, or gimmick, antennas. Every TRUTH amplifier is individually, professionally proofed (TWICE!) prior to shipment to certify our advertised specifications. Thus, we know that each one performs exactly as we say they do and so do hundreds of satisfied buyers ... this is, after all, the only way we could afford to offer them! In short, if the amp is not defective (DOA), then it should work in all situations where an amplifier is applicable. In setups where the TRUTH amp would not improve the signal ... then, obviously, it is NOT a situation that an amplifier can improve to begin with! We will correspond with you in detail both before and after your purchase to help you with your application but YOU must make the effort to contact us! Therefore, if you truly need an amplifier that will perform as ours is described and apply it properly ... there should be no reason to be dissatisfied with your purchase except for the unlikely scenario whereby the amp should arrive dead on arrival! However ... In the HIGHLY unlikely event your amp would arrive damaged or defective ... we would promptly replace it at no cost to you (including your return shipping!). Furthermore, we now extend the warranty to include any ELECTRONICS failure within NINETY DAYS! (Cosmetics/hardware not included nor is electronics damage by misapplication, power surges or lightning) Any failure outside the warranty, or subsequent to ninety days, would be repaired for just a minimal $10.00 bench charge and return shipping fee. In addition to replacing a defective item at no cost (which is so rare we have had only FOUR to date!) ... If you are not satisfied with your purchase for any reason, or having application problems ... PLEASE, EMAIL US FIRST at the email address provided in the included applications notes and we will correspond with you personally to try and determine the problem and walk you through basic troubleshooting. PRICE INCLUDES PRIORITY MAIL SHIPPING IN THE USA ! I USE FLAT RATE PRIORITY MAIL EXCLUSIVELY FOR MANY VALID REASONS ... IT COSTS ONLY A LITTLE MORE THAN THE OTHER MAIL CLASSES IT RECEIVES TRUE PRIORITY CARE AND HANDLING IN ALL ASPECTS BY USPS DELIVERY IS FASTEST POSSIBLE AIRMAIL - 2 TO 3 DAYS ANYWHERE USA IT UTILIZES POSTAL SERVICE APPROVED, AND SUPPLIED, SHIPPING MATERIALS PRICE INCLUDES GUARANTEED SAFE, CONFIRMED, DELIVERY WITH TRACKING INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING ADDITIONAL BY CALCULATION IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: By purchasing this device you signify your own full responsibility for it's application or misapplication. The supplier is NOT, and CAN NOT, in any way, be responsible, or liable, for any damages to person or property that might occur while this device is in use! IF THIS AMPLIFIER WON'T IMPROVE YOUR VHF/UHF DIGITAL TV SIGNAL RECEPTION ... THEN NO AMPLIFIER WILL! The simple "TRUTH"©™ Complete concept, text, descriptions and photos copyright ©2009-2023 by mediaman6-eBay. All rights reserved and enforced!

Price: 69.95 USD

Location: Newberry, South Carolina

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