On 27/04/2020 23:03, T i m wrote:
On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 19:01:51 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:

On 27/04/2020 15:34, T i m wrote:

Funnily enough I was faced with just this scenario a while back,
helping a family friend. Traced a lost TV signal back to a loft
mounted amp and (of course) the best quality / VFM replacement we
could get easily had F Type connectors.

Why doesn't everyone fitting these things put them where you can work
on them easily? ;-(

Probably a combination of wanting to amplify the lowest noise signal,
and that normally favours being close to the aerial, and not wanting to
have to double back loads of drop wires (and so add masses of extra
cable length to the system).

So "above" where you would logically want to start splitting the feeds
off makes sense.


The point was, given how long most of the runs were, the extra 1m
wouldn't have made any difference to the signal but would have made it
far easier to work on.

Now it could have been that initially there was no distribution amp
and it was fitted later, in the best point possible *then*, but I
think I would have extended part of it (the outlet) at the time and
then worked from there.

Yeah well, logic don't work every time :-)

My amp is in our bedroom cupboard because the aerial is in the loft.
Nice an easy to get at. ;-)

I have an amp on the aerial mast, then a 10m run of coax to the upstairs
airing cupboard where it was a nice easy place to put the amp PSU and a
multiway splitter (and a good central place to run all the feeds from).


--
Cheers,

John.

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