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Terrestrial HD Antenna
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Post 1 made on Monday March 25, 2002 at 21:38
Wharthog
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Have a attic mount terrestrial antenna mounted and operational....now getting 3 stations...The customer has decided to add another HD receiver. How can I connect the units in parallel. The original installers didn't run additonal cabling to the second (new) receiver location for a parallel terrestrial. I'm a little short on UHF so any help would be appreciated.
Post 2 made on Tuesday March 26, 2002 at 00:05
KDP
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If there is a line already existing ran to the second room you could put a diplexer into that line then diplex it back out at the reciver
Post 3 made on Wednesday March 27, 2002 at 01:23
Ernie Bornn-Gilman
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I assume from your description that the cable with the HD signal does not also have a DSS signal on it. right? If so, you are dealing with a garden variety TV signal. Split it with a 2-way splitter. If that causes problems with the two receivers, then you signal level was just barely enough for one, and you will have to amplify it before the splitter. Mast-mounted amps and a splitter that passes DC on one leg (or a DC block on the other leg) should do nicely.
As for not being familiar with UHF, it works very much like the RF part of a DSS signal, except it actually goes further on a cable. If you can distribute DSS signals, you can distribute UHF and VHF. You just need to be sure your splitters cover the right frequency ranges and remember you don't have to deal with polarity or the DC voltage that is present in all DSS cables.


If you are using one cable for UHF and DSS signals, then yes, you will need to use a diplexer or add more cable runs, and split the signal after you separate the UHF from the DSS.

Ernie
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