"Michael Coslo" wrote in message
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But the only time there might be an issue was if the system was
over-amped, then there could be problems with proof of performance
certification.

I saw a case of that twenty years ago in Key West, Florida. I suspect the
authorities had to look the other way because affordable technology to do it
better didn't exist. The Florida Keys were served out of a headend that was
close enough to the mainland to get decent OTA signals. however, by the
time those Miami signals got to Key West, they were pretty bad. I have no
idea how many amps were used. (IIRC, local origination channels were OK.)

I think five amps is about the limit due to added noise and cross-mod.

"Sal"