TV aerial

[Clippy]

Where better to get advice on the above than an IT contractors forum! Still, could be worse - could have stuck it in General.

OK, I have a roof mounted TV aerial which still works and presents itself downstairs in the living room and comes in handy whenever the Sky box packs up - which tends to be once a year on a w/end.

I have recently purchased a small LCD for one of the rooms upstairs which is actually the closest room to the TV aerial.

Rather than climb on the roof and do a Rod Hull thought I would ask the congregation if I can attach another coax cable to the TV aerial and run it into the upstairs room for use with the LCD.

Or does it depend on the actual aerial as to whether it has connections for more than one coax cable - sorry, never seen a TV aerial up close so don't know.

If it only has one coax connection point, could I get a splitter and then run my second coax cable from it?

[KevinS]

I've no idea on the aerial side of things, but Maplin sell UHF splitters for about a fiver..

[VectraMan]

No reason why you can't do that. Joins, cable and multiple devices all weaken the signal though, so there's a limit to what you can drive off a single aerial.

You can't do that with Sky, in case anyone is wondering, as each box needs it's own connection to the LNB (that's the bit in middle of the dish), or you need an expensive sharing device.

[The Lone Gunman]

I have a 6 way splitter on my ground floor driving 4 tellies. We have had all 4 on at once watching 4 different channels with no obvious loss to either. Each has a digi box on the end.
Bought it from Focus.

Make sure you get good quality connectors and cable. Each junction reduces signal as does distance. Better cable lets you go further.

[Moscow Mule]

Also, if you live close to one of the transmitters, don't bother - just stick a wire coat hanger in the aerial socket on the back of the TV - works a treat!

[hyperD]

When I were a young lad, I had an electronics kit as I didn't have any friends. I used to be able to pick up BBC1 TV (audio only) with a diode, a crystal earpiece and 4 foot of copper wire as we were so close to Crystal Palace. The earpiece was driven by the energy of the signal.

Mind you, I couldn't pick up anything else even using a crude tuner.

[DiscoStu]

Milan knows all about this.

potatoes

[VectraMan]

When I were a young lad, I had an electronics kit as I didn't have any friends. I used to be able to pick up BBC1 TV (audio only) with a diode, a crystal earpiece and 4 foot of copper wire as we were so close to Crystal Palace. The earpiece was driven by the energy of the signal.

Mind you, I couldn't pick up anything else even using a crude tuner.

When I was a young lad I used to be able to get radio 2 MW by touching my bicycle handlebars against a drainpipe. I'm not making that up. That was from living close to the transmitter in Droitwich.

[Moscow Mule]

When I was a young lad I used to be able to get radio 2 MW by touching my bicycle handlebars against a drainpipe. I'm not making that up. That was from living close to the transmitter in Droitwich.

Little did you know that your dad had invented the wind up radio 30 years before Trevor Bayliss and installed it in the bottom bracket of you bike - there was an activation switch in each end of the handlebars.