Patent ID: 7088305

Claim:
A television set antenna system suitable for use both in weak signal areas and in strong signal areas comprising: a housing that supports a UHF antenna and a VHF antenna each having output signal conducting wires extending within the housing; mounted on the housing's surface, at least one gain adjustment switch, a pair of gain adjustment movable members, and an RF signal output compatible with a standard RF input of a television set; within the housing, a pair of serial RF circuits each comprising a balun and at least two amplifiers oriented to amplify signals flowing from the balun towards the amplifiers, at least one of which amplifiers in each serial RF circuit includes a gain control mechanism and a gain control signal input, the wires from the UHF antenna connecting to the first of the two baluns, the wires from the VHF antenna connecting to the second of the two baluns, and the final amplifier in each serial RF circuit having an output connecting to the RF signal output; within the assembly, a pair of gain control signal generators each including and having its gain control signal adjusted by one of the gain adjustment movable members and each also having its gain control signal adjusted by the gain adjustment switch.