Splitting freeview tv aerial

Splitting freeview tv aerial

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gingerp

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98 posts

228 months

Tuesday 19th May 2009
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I have a new roof mounted tv aerial and all is good. It goes straight to the living room tv. I currently have no tv aerials in the bedrooms. I want to split it, but i dont want the signal to be reduced, like it did on the old aerial. Any ideas/recommendations?

Plotloss

67,280 posts

276 months

Tuesday 19th May 2009
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Split it as close to the mast as possible.

'Boosters' that people have behind the telly just amplify the whole RF spectrum on the wire, so whilst the signal is stronger, the st is too.

If you split it at the mast or in the loft then you're splitting the signal with a low noise floor to start with.

P700DEE

1,137 posts

236 months

Tuesday 19th May 2009
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Most boosters offer two outputs so place close to the mast and split from, there wink

garycat

4,569 posts

216 months

Wednesday 20th May 2009
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I did this last weekend using this kit from Screwfix

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/44812/Electrical-Sup...

The 4-way amp is very good but there were a couple of plugs and sockets missing so check it at the shop if you get it.

I now have 95% signal strength and 100% quality on 4 outputs using a high-gain aerial. As previously said, the signal is only as good as what the aerial picks up so if your signal is noisy you will amplifiy the noise so it's worth rechecking the direction your aerial points to.