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Deliver terrestrial tv to 16 apartments

  • 14-01-2008 8:29pm
    #1
    DannyD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 852 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    Just wondering what I would need to deliver terrestrial tv to an apartment block that is pre wired with 1 coax to each apartment.

    I assume:
    2 antennas (rte + tv3/tg4)
    1 amp
    1 16 way splitter.

    Anything else? AM I close? Thanks in advance.


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  • #2
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,112 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Signal will be very poor in that way. Basic setup would require:

    2 antennae, if needed - where are you?
    Decent quality combiner
    16 way distribution amplifier - not a passive splitter.
    Inline amplifiers if required for the more distant apartments from the headend.


  • #3
    DannyD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 852 ✭✭✭DannyD


    MYOB wrote: »
    Signal will be very poor in that way. Basic setup would require:

    2 antennae, if needed - where are you?
    Decent quality combiner
    16 way distribution amplifier - not a passive splitter.
    Inline amplifiers if required for the more distant apartments from the headend.
    Thanks for the advice. I'm located in Cork county. The combiner combines the signal from both antennas right ? Out of curiosity how much would it cost to get someone to do this for me ? Any ideas?


  • #4
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,112 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Cork County you may have a local relay thats all UHF.

    The combiner combines the two antenna feeds, yes.

    Theres a member on here that does installations in Cork, I think its Rippy, he might be able to give you an idea. Personally I'd have no idea, never dealt with the financial side of the business...


  • #5
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,156 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    It would depend on other factors like the distance between headend and last apartment. Maybe there are points where 4 or so apartments are cabled to with a trunk line passing through these points to feed signal.

    In some cases, it may be a case of having your signals put through a high-gain launch amplifier, which would send the signal down a main trunk at a high level.

    Then at certain points there would be "taps" put on the trunk line. Some flats would feed off the tap withe main trunk line passing through. The tap used would have a set attenuation, depending on signal level at that point (higher attenuation nearer headend, lower at the end due to obvious signal loss over distance).


  • #6
    maxg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 516 ✭✭✭maxg


    DannyD wrote: »
    Hi,
    Just wondering what I would need to deliver terrestrial tv to an apartment block that is pre wired with 1 coax to each apartment.

    I assume:
    2 antennas (rte + tv3/tg4)
    1 amp
    1 16 way splitter.

    Anything else? AM I close? Thanks in advance.

    If every apartment got really a own coax its maybe a better idea to supply satellite plus terrestrial TV.
    If some residents are willing to subscribe to sky there is a sky offer for builting up communal systems.


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