guru help needed. splitting signal

[basshive]

Looking for the gurus to help here. I just ordered 2 hd tuner cards. The issue I now face is how to split the incoming signal from my antenna for these 2 cards. I know you face pretty serious loss splitting. I have 95 or greater signal strength on all my locals using a Terk HDTVs (yeah its no channel master but it works flawlessly) and a 100ft cable run into the house. I really cannot afford any elaborate amps etc (read wife will KILL me) so what do I do?  Do you think a simple radio shack 1 to 2 splitter will get it done?  I appreciate any advice here. I am pretty damn exciting to FINALLY get timeshifting functionality back and watch HD on MY schedule!

[Gregg Lengling]

If you are getting very high solid signals like that now, a good splitter will probably do the job.  I'd buy a decent one (not a real fan of Radio shack) and you should have 2 to 3  db loss per port.

[Mark Strube]

I'd normally say you're losing a good amount of signal with 100ft cable run, but I guess it's not so bad if you're getting that high of signal strength after such a long run. I'd just get a splitter and see how the signal is... if it's not strong enough just go ahead and get yourself an amp, and add it as close to the antenna as possible (before the split, before the long cable run, after any existing amps on the antenna).

I've got an indoor antenna with 95-99 signal on all the locals, split 3 times (my hdtv, my hdtv tuner pc card, my mom's hdtv) and the one running to my mom's room is a 50ft run. Added an additional amp right after the antenna's built-in amp, and no issues. The weakest signal station, the WB (18.1) I'm able to record on my PC with no errors, and my mom can watch it without a glitch. This is the amp I got, pretty reasonable, and works like a charm-
http://cgi.ebay.com/25dB-UHF-VHF-FM-Video-Signal-Amplifier-Cable-TV-booster_W0QQitemZ5848911821QQcategoryZ39803QQcmdZViewItem

[basshive]

Thanks for the help all. Cards come in tomorrow so I will throw in a splitter and see how it works ampless for now. Appreciate it as always.