Splitting coax signal.
Discussion
I live in a area surrounded by forest and come any bad weather, it's quite likely that my TV signal suffers.
I currently have a TV aerial going to a box on the outside of my house where it splits into two. One feed going to the bedroom and one feed going to my lounge TV.
My amp in the lounge can play radio, but using any standard radio aerial doesn't pick anything up. The TV coax cable runs right past the amp. Can I put a splitter into this and tee off for the amp radio and then onto my TV.
Would this A: work? and B: would it affect my signal even further?
I currently have a TV aerial going to a box on the outside of my house where it splits into two. One feed going to the bedroom and one feed going to my lounge TV.
My amp in the lounge can play radio, but using any standard radio aerial doesn't pick anything up. The TV coax cable runs right past the amp. Can I put a splitter into this and tee off for the amp radio and then onto my TV.
Would this A: work? and B: would it affect my signal even further?
Depending on your proximity to the FM transmitter, you would likely need to install an FM Antenna on the same mast as your TV Antenna.
This of course assumes your mast would be strong enough.
Then you would combine the two antennae using a masthead combiner / amplifier.
Then you can split the (amplified) signal in your lounge, and pick up the FM signal.
Simply splitting off the signal as you suggest, will indeed affect your (already marginal) TV signal.
Most splitters have a 3db to 6db insertion loss, which is the same as reducing the signal strength by half.
You could try an amplified splitter, but even these introduce some loss (any time you cut the cable and put plugs in it, you introduce losses).
This of course assumes your mast would be strong enough.
Then you would combine the two antennae using a masthead combiner / amplifier.
Then you can split the (amplified) signal in your lounge, and pick up the FM signal.
Simply splitting off the signal as you suggest, will indeed affect your (already marginal) TV signal.
Most splitters have a 3db to 6db insertion loss, which is the same as reducing the signal strength by half.
You could try an amplified splitter, but even these introduce some loss (any time you cut the cable and put plugs in it, you introduce losses).
I have often got good FM & DAB reception off a TV aerial, all you can do is try!
Re splitting the cable again, as said this will very likely degrade the signal even more. You should take a single feed direct from the aerial and then distribute it with an active (powered) distro amp around the house as needed.
Re splitting the cable again, as said this will very likely degrade the signal even more. You should take a single feed direct from the aerial and then distribute it with an active (powered) distro amp around the house as needed.
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