"VHFRadioBuff" wrote in message
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You will get some signal loss with just a "T"

I don't remember if the original poster mentioned frequencies and
distances,
but for listening to local stuff like police, fire and EMS, a "T"
connector
doesn't have enough loss to make a difference.
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73! de Andy KC2SSB
Beachwood, NJ USA! Grid FM29vw
http://vhfradiobuff.tripod.com

If by Tee, we are not talking about s proper 2 way splitter, the loss at
certain freqs can easily be 20 dB or higher. This would be where a coaxial
line to the other radio appears open and is also a 11/4 wave electrically-
this then appears as a short at the Tee. In addition, phase noise, and L.O.
leakage from each radio can be impressed on the other, raising the noise
floor.
This is very poor engineering practice- and not good amateur practice.
CATV/MATV splitters usually have good preformance down to HF; i.e. insertion
loss, splitter balance, and port-port isolation.

73,

Dale W4OP