Radio Shack used to sell a powered 4 way RF splitter. One RF signal in, 4 RF signals out. Supposedly something like a broad band emitter follower.
The Radio Shack things were junk: noisy, poor high frequency performance, not as good as a passive splitter.
Is there anything on the market that does work?
TIA
There's plenty over here in the UK that work perfectly adequately, generally available from any reasonable electronic / electrical outlet, so I'm sure there must be over your side of the pond as well. Bear in mind that with terrestrial broadcasts going digital all over the world, if the transmission system that your broadcasting authorities are (going to be) using, is anything like ours, then any kind of distribution amplifier that you use needs to be specced for the digital signals, which over here means very wideband, and very linear. In my experience, the digital signals are actually nothing like as robust as they would have you believe ...
Arfa
I had the RS amplifier in at the old house. Seemed to work fine, had adj. gain. It was the one that also allowed internet to pass through without amplification. The cable guy explained why it was not good, but I forgot the reason. I have tried a few, and made my own. All tend to be problematic.
greg
In the London area, FreeView digital is within the grouping of the analogue channels so no alteration is necessary. The ERP of the digital transmissions will be increased when analogue ones cease.
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Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW
I'm sure I read somewhere that they now say that the power won't be increased, as that would 'cause interference' to equipment using channels they propose to sell off!
Ron(UK)
I agree with you. Woolworths do one, but its only two outputs and does indicate its suitability for digital. Bit expensive though at £12.00.
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Could be - but it would require a major re-vamp of the proposed final network - more fill in TX required.
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Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW
Just had a look in the horses mouth and nothing about any changes there. It's the 'Existing 81-Site Plan' pdf.
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Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW
Dave Have you ever been to bingo ? Sadly, I have to admit that I do attend my local club (just to keep the wife company, you understand, although I do win quite a bit of money ... ) and the caller there does occasionally call 11 as "both (or all) the ones, onety one !" just for a laugh. So sometimes, it is !
Arfa
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