Antenna mounted Amplifier Project

I am trying to improve signal on a 800 mhz sytem that is around the 60 to 70 km range. Currently I receive this system at around 1 to 2 bars on my BCT-15 using a 800mhz Wilson beam. You can find these beams for some good prices on ebay right Here So I searched for an amplifier that was not alot of money but the performance to be good. I source out a company called Electroline. They make all sorts of drop amps and accessories. The amplifier is made by Electroline for Marathon Industries (Marda1100 Drop Amplifier) and will be 15 DB's of forward gain and a return path insertion loss of 0.5 DB's. I purchase mine from Ebay Here Here is a Picture of the amp Purchased. If you notice in the picture I provided, there is a power inserter that I purchased separately from this Company. There is two ways of powering this amplifier, one is Local powering and the other is Remote powering (requires power inserter)

Here is some infoon powering this amp. I am going to be trying the Remote Powering set-up and will eliminate one cable. Local powering you would be running two cables which would be RF input cable and another for power. It uses regular coax cable for power and connects to the adapter which has F female for you to connect. I will mount the power inserter in my shack under my desk where the coax cables come in. More to come!