Has anyone tried feeding an aerial amp into an aerial amp?
Does it cause noise probs?

I have 1 aerial skt in the house, by the tv. I can cut that in the loft and
feed it into an amp, then dis it to other rooms, no prob, cept I need 3
feeds by the tv. I could -
1 - Provide 2 more drops, PITA
2 - Add another amp ??
3 - Would a 3 way splitter work? Suck it and see I suppose.

Any info gratefully received.

"brass monkey" wrote in message
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Has anyone tried feeding an aerial amp into an aerial amp?
Does it cause noise probs?

I have 1 aerial skt in the house, by the tv. I can cut that in the loft
and feed it into an amp, then dis it to other rooms, no prob, cept I need
3 feeds by the tv. I could -
1 - Provide 2 more drops, PITA
2 - Add another amp ??
3 - Would a 3 way splitter work? Suck it and see I suppose.

Any info gratefully received.


Why would you need 3 outlets by one TV ! You can add a distribution
amp to overcome cable losses and to provide more outlets. If you want
to, you can use a VHF dipole which is perfect for 88-108 and DAB,
then plug that in to the amp in the loft with the TV aerial. Get one that
takes a VHF and UHF input. Then the outputs will be combined VHF
and UHF. Split them in the various rooms using a diplexer between
tuners/stereos/DAB and the TV equipment.
Very easy to do. I have one aerial for 88-108MHz and a TV aerial.
That provides coverage of 88-108MHz, DAB and UHF TV. Two cables
are fed in to a distribution amp. Various cables are run to different
rooms.
The longest cable is 60ft, so over half the signal is lost. At the end of
it I
have a preamp. One cable to the TV, one to a DAB radio and another
to a normal radio. It works perfectly well. No signal overload or noise.
I get DAB from 60miles away on one multiplex in good weather. No
problems with the nearest TV transmitter 25miles away.
Splitters are not recommended unless you have a very strong signal as
they attenuate the signal badly. 3dB is half gone, 6dB is going to leave
a quarter. Put them in series and you might as well unplug the aerial.

"Roger" wrote in message
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"brass monkey" wrote in message
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Has anyone tried feeding an aerial amp into an aerial amp?
Does it cause noise probs?

I have 1 aerial skt in the house, by the tv. I can cut that in the loft
and feed it into an amp, then dis it to other rooms, no prob, cept I need
3 feeds by the tv. I could -
1 - Provide 2 more drops, PITA
2 - Add another amp ??
3 - Would a 3 way splitter work? Suck it and see I suppose.

Any info gratefully received.


Why would you need 3 outlets by one TV ! You can add a distribution
amp to overcome cable losses and to provide more outlets. If you want
to, you can use a VHF dipole which is perfect for 88-108 and DAB,
then plug that in to the amp in the loft with the TV aerial. Get one that
takes a VHF and UHF input. Then the outputs will be combined VHF
and UHF. Split them in the various rooms using a diplexer between
tuners/stereos/DAB and the TV equipment.
Very easy to do. I have one aerial for 88-108MHz and a TV aerial.
That provides coverage of 88-108MHz, DAB and UHF TV. Two cables
are fed in to a distribution amp. Various cables are run to different
rooms.
The longest cable is 60ft, so over half the signal is lost. At the end of
it I
have a preamp. One cable to the TV, one to a DAB radio and another
to a normal radio. It works perfectly well. No signal overload or noise.
I get DAB from 60miles away on one multiplex in good weather. No
problems with the nearest TV transmitter 25miles away.
Splitters are not recommended unless you have a very strong signal as
they attenuate the signal badly. 3dB is half gone, 6dB is going to leave
a quarter. Put them in series and you might as well unplug the aerial.

Cheers Roger, yes 3, tv, stereo and 1 for a toy tv/picture frame.
I'll prolly try an amp in the loft then a 3-way splitter.

On Nov 22, 12:00*am, "brass monkey" wrote:
"Roger" wrote in message

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"brass monkey" wrote in message
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Has anyone tried feeding an aerial amp into an aerial amp?
Does it cause noise probs?

I have 1 aerial skt in the house, by the tv. I can cut that in the loft
and feed it into an amp, then dis it to other rooms, no prob, cept I need
3 feeds by the tv. I could -
1 - Provide 2 more drops, PITA
2 - Add another amp ??
3 - Would a 3 way splitter work? Suck it and see I suppose.

Any info gratefully received.

Why would you need 3 outlets by one TV ! *You can add a distribution
amp to overcome cable losses and to provide more outlets. *If you want
to, you can use a VHF dipole which is perfect for 88-108 and DAB,
then plug that in to the amp in the loft with the TV aerial. *Get one that
takes a VHF and UHF input. *Then the outputs will be combined VHF
and UHF. *Split them in the various rooms using a diplexer between
tuners/stereos/DAB and the TV equipment.
Very easy to do. *I have one aerial for 88-108MHz and a TV aerial.
That provides coverage of 88-108MHz, DAB and UHF TV. *Two cables
are fed in to a distribution amp. *Various cables are run to different
rooms.
The longest cable is 60ft, so over half the signal is lost. *At the end of
it I
have a preamp. *One cable to the TV, one to a DAB radio and another
to a normal radio. *It works perfectly well. *No signal overload or noise.
I get DAB from 60miles away on one multiplex in good weather. *No
problems with the nearest TV transmitter 25miles away.
Splitters are not recommended unless you have a very strong signal as
they attenuate the signal badly. *3dB is half gone, 6dB is going to leave
a quarter. *Put them in series and you might as well unplug the aerial.

Cheers Roger, yes 3, tv, stereo and 1 for a toy tv/picture frame.
I'll prolly try an amp in the loft then a 3-way splitter.

Right option. Put the amp as near the aerial as is convenient.
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/
Click categories in the left hand menu, then see 250, then TV



NT

"NT" wrote in message
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On Nov 22, 12:00 am, "brass monkey" wrote:
"Roger" wrote in message

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"brass monkey" wrote in message
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Has anyone tried feeding an aerial amp into an aerial amp?
Does it cause noise probs?

I have 1 aerial skt in the house, by the tv. I can cut that in the loft
and feed it into an amp, then dis it to other rooms, no prob, cept I
need
3 feeds by the tv. I could -
1 - Provide 2 more drops, PITA
2 - Add another amp ??
3 - Would a 3 way splitter work? Suck it and see I suppose.

Any info gratefully received.

Why would you need 3 outlets by one TV ! You can add a distribution
amp to overcome cable losses and to provide more outlets. If you want
to, you can use a VHF dipole which is perfect for 88-108 and DAB,
then plug that in to the amp in the loft with the TV aerial. Get one
that
takes a VHF and UHF input. Then the outputs will be combined VHF
and UHF. Split them in the various rooms using a diplexer between
tuners/stereos/DAB and the TV equipment.
Very easy to do. I have one aerial for 88-108MHz and a TV aerial.
That provides coverage of 88-108MHz, DAB and UHF TV. Two cables
are fed in to a distribution amp. Various cables are run to different
rooms.
The longest cable is 60ft, so over half the signal is lost. At the end
of
it I
have a preamp. One cable to the TV, one to a DAB radio and another
to a normal radio. It works perfectly well. No signal overload or noise.
I get DAB from 60miles away on one multiplex in good weather. No
problems with the nearest TV transmitter 25miles away.
Splitters are not recommended unless you have a very strong signal as
they attenuate the signal badly. 3dB is half gone, 6dB is going to leave
a quarter. Put them in series and you might as well unplug the aerial.

Cheers Roger, yes 3, tv, stereo and 1 for a toy tv/picture frame.
I'll prolly try an amp in the loft then a 3-way splitter.

Right option. Put the amp as near the aerial as is convenient.
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/
Click categories in the left hand menu, then see 250, then TV



NT

Thanks for that.

brass monkey wrote:
Has anyone tried feeding an aerial amp into an aerial amp?
Does it cause noise probs?

I have 1 aerial skt in the house, by the tv. I can cut that in the loft and
feed it into an amp, then dis it to other rooms, no prob, cept I need 3
feeds by the tv. I could -
1 - Provide 2 more drops, PITA
2 - Add another amp ??
3 - Would a 3 way splitter work? Suck it and see I suppose.

Any info gratefully received.


distribution amplifier One input lots of outputs, and modest gain only.