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Old October 8th 03, 02:24 AM
Rick Sink
 
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Rick,

Think of the splitter that used to come with TV sets. You had the antenna
lead that had both UHF and VHF on it, which got split by the splitter behind
the TV set. The VHF signal went to the VHF input on the TV, and the UHF
signal went to the UHF input of the TV. You want to do the same thing, but
in reverse. On the splitter, connect the UHF port to the UHF antenna, and
the VHF port to the VHF antenna. The third port goes to your amp input. The
amplifier will have both UHF and VHF signals, but the UHF signal will all
have originated in the UHF antenna, and the VHF signal in the VHF antenna.
Do NOT use a 2 set coupler instead of the splitter; you will lose 3 to 4 db
of signal to noise, regardless of the gain of your amplifier. You can
probably buy these things at the Radio Shack.

Tam/WB2TT


OK, got it. I did not know that the splitter would automatically strip
any UHF signal off that might be combined on the lead coming from the
VHF/UFH combo antenna.

Thanks!

Rick