With a selective frequency combiner, you might be able to avoid the 'splitting
loss' since antenna B (and splitter circuitry) won't load the signal from
antenna A. Of course, you'll still have to contend with the losses in the
selective circuits.
-Mike-
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> From: Steve Maki <lists@oakcom.org>
>To: towertalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 6:38 PM
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] combining TV antennas
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>On 8/19/2014 8:21 PM, Dick NY1E wrote:
>
>> Can I use a splitter to combine 2 TV yagis pointed in different
>> directions? Does making the feedlines from the spilitter the same
>> length matter in this case? Dick NY1E
>
>Sure - A splitter IS a combiner in reverse. No worries about feedline
>lengths.
>
>In the analog days, it was preferable to use a combiner with some sort
>of frequency tuning depending on the particular channels you were trying
>to access. You might use a diplexer, or a single channel inserter, or
>multiport single channel filters, etc. The intent being to minimize
>multipath interference from 2 antennas aimed in different directions
>supplying signal for the same channel.
>
>Digital, though not without issues, is much less prone to ghosting
>problems, so simple broadband combiners can work well in many or most cases.
>
>-Steve K8LX
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