Start with this: antenna ratings by mileage are nothing more than smoke and mirrors. Why, you ask?? Because there is no reliable way to predict reception range. Current TV signals are on the UHF band. Signals of such a high frequency are pretty much strictly "line of sight" from the tower to the receiving antenna. So, having said that, the variables that come into play are the heights of the transmitting tower and the receiving antenna. The higher the tower, the longer the range. The higher the receiving antenna, the better and more distant reception you will get. In your case, I would suspect that your pre-amp is either on the antenna or at some remote location. I suspect that it is not getting power. A pre-amp does not make a good pass-through device, and would seem to result in the problem you are having - less stations with the pre-amp than without. Next possibility is that something is somehow causing leakage of the signal. A bad piece of coax? Wrong impedance coax? Center conductor bent and not making proper contact somewhere in the system?
I suggest that you start by verifying that you actually have power to the pre-amp. Then check all of your coax connections. After that, look for a "leaky" piece of coax. There is a lot of potential for "critter damage" to a 200 foot run of cable.
BTW, there is no better brand of antenna equipment than Winegard. They are the Rolls Royce of antenna and reception equipment makers.
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