"Colin Blackburn" wrote
| On the general theme of aerial installations is there a reasonable
| way to wire in several aerial points off one aerial without a
| distribution amplifier, ie just using a splitter or splitters.
| Say I want four sockets, should I split near the aerial or run
| a single co-ax as far as possible before splitting? There would
| only ever be one socket in use at once but I can appreciate that
| long 'stubs' may cause various problems on the line as a whole.

You could just wire your aerial to one central point with a socket, have the
cables to the room sockets terminating there on plugs, and plug in whichever
room is required. If you have a strong signal and use good quality
connectors there should be negligible effect on the signal. If,
subsequently, you want to try passive splitters or a distr. amp., the
cabling is already in place.

Owain