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Combined FTA Satellite/UHF Aerial installation

  • 06-01-2008 10:39pm
    #1
    vistaphotos
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    Hi, Based in Ballincollig/Ovens Co.Cork so the nearest terrestrial transmitter is Spur Hill. Been rooting around the forums so I think what I want to do should be possible.

    1) AERIAL: Want to get RTE1/2/TV3/TG4 on aerial from Spur Hill which is UHF C/D horizontal polarization.
    - Guess I need an aerial something like this http://www.peats.com/cgi-bin/test_new/catalog.cgi?view_product=1&id=6324

    - Should it be turned narrow way up as in the pic in the link for horizontal polarization?

    - I May want to install in the loft, in which case is a masthead amp a good idea?

    - Any recommendations for suppliers of aerials etc.? Dwyer's Electrical?


    2) FTA Satellite: Want to combine the aerial signal with a satellite signal on a single downlink cable to the TV in the front room. Seems like a combiner at either end is the way to go. Have seen this http://www.satellite.ie/acatalog/Satellite_UHF_VHF_Cable_Combiner.html and this http://www.donberg.ie/descript/d/diplexer_02.htm

    - Any idea what the difference is between the two? Which would you recommend?

    - If using a masthead amp for the UHF aerial, is it still possible to feed the power to the aerial via the combiners or should power fed direct to the amp with the combiners downstream of that point?

    Thanks


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