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How To Connect Two Outdoor TV Antennas?
I have an antenna mounted in my attic, and it works great where it is, but it does not receive the local UHF stations. I don't want to move it because it is a very large antenna. The coax from the antenna connects to the IN bound connection on the amp. I am wanting to buy a UHF only antenna, and mount the UHF antenna on an old Dish mast on my roof. Is there a splitter/connector I can buy that I can connect the UHF antenna coax and the other antenna coax to, and then run the one wire to the IN bound connection on the amp? I guess what I am needing is a connector/splitter that has 2 IN bound connectors on it. Is there such a connector? Thanks.
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- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
Yes, you need a "antenna combiner" with the correct type of connectors. For example combiners use 75 ohm F connectors or 300 ohm screw terminal connectors. Older antennas may have feed lines that are the screw terminal connectors. These are pretty common and are available with both types of connectors in one combiner. I believe you can still get them at Radio Shack and at most hardware stores. Note: Using a combiner works best when one antenna is only for VHF TV and the other only for UHF TV. If you combine two antennas that either or both are VHF and UHF capable you will encounter a problem with multipath reception. Reception can be badly degraded.
FYI. According to reports the government will eventually end all terrestrial TV broadcasting. When they do get around to doing it, both antennas will be useless. Since antennas are going to be obsolete antenna prices should be dropping. It might be beneficial to just get a new VHF/UHF antenna and get improved reception of the channels you already have for the time we have left. You might consider moving the indoor antenna outside and put the combiner with them and use one good cable to feed your TV. Leave the antenna amplifier inside. If you have a rabbit ears (or similar) antenna inside it won't last long outdoors.
Source(s): My opinion from 30 yrs of electronic repair experience. - Anonymous8 years ago
Multi-element beam antenna are the most common antenna, and will serve you well. Those are the ones you commonly see on roof tops or masts. They have several elements, each one longer than the other. This design eliminates multi-pathing and focuses the signal, acting sort of like an electronic version of a magnifying glass. They come in a variety of sizes.
Larger antenna are great if you live in a remote area, in a valley, behind a hill, or other significant obstruction where you may need a larger antenna to get the maximum amount of signal—but don't buy anything bigger than you need to do the job. Really big TV antennas are meant for remote areas. If you are closer in you may pick up too much signal which will lead to distortion, or get channel interference and crosstalk from catching weak overlapping signals from further away.
Source(s): http://www.abbottawnings.com/ - Anonymous8 years ago
You can't connect 2 antennas at the same time unless they are a matching pair designed to run together. Anything else will not work.
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- Anonymous5 years ago
It doesn't matter, the two connections are symmetrical.
