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    Terk passive inline signal amplifier BIA-20 doesn't work

    I've got a Terk inline signal amplifier (powerless) and when I use it either to feed the OTA to more TVs or OTA+RF modulated satellite signal on 1 coax, the amplifier does worse than good; the image goes bad, bad. I tried simply from OTA antenna just to one TV and same thing. The instructions...
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    DirecTV and signal strength

    DirecTV and signal strength When I check the signal strength on my Sony SAT A3 receiver, I get a level of 77-79 using the default settings (transponder 2) and near the level bar it says "LOCKED". When changing the transponder nr, I get much better level of over 90, let's say on transponder...
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    How to avoid egress, signal leakage-Directv/ota

    How to eliminate the signal leakage (egress) when modulating Directv and ota signals?
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    How to calculate signal loss when using a combiner?

    1-Please need help to figure out how to calculate the loss when using a 2-way combiner (diplexer). Assuming that I have two leads that I want to combine; OTA signal 14 dB and satellite signal 24 dB; the loss would be -4 dB. From which number I subtract 4, from 14 or from 24? 2-Also, it is...
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    Best tutorial - Hooking up DSS and off the air antenna to multiple receivers and TVs

    If I have found this tutorial sooner, I would have saved a lot of frustration and time to me and to you guys that helped me in answering to my questions in this forum (thank you again a million). In my opinion this basic tutorial is very clear, concise and in detail to make a novice understand...
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    "Cable Electronics" CE labs modulators are good?

    Have any idea if Cable Electronics 2000sd is a good modulator; it is stereo and very cheap. Thank you
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    What is a signal combiner?

    A signal combiner is the same thing with a splitter or a diplexer? Which one should be used to combine sat signal and ota and which one to split those 2 signals? Thank you
  8. M

    Combining/splitting satellite and air antenna signal to 5 TVs

    I just bought an old house, two levels and it is like a Christmas tree; coaxial cables everywhere from the air local antenna and the DirecTV satellite dish. I want to cut down on cables and also to get, if it is possible without video quality loss, both antennas' signal (satellite and OTA) to...
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