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Old 6-Apr-2013, 7:49 AM   #5
GroundUrMast
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Can you clarify, "...4 TV's will be used with a maximum of 2 split." Feeding 4 TV's would require a 4-way splitter.

Combining the ANT-751 with an HD769XP into a single coax is not likely to work well. You can try it, it won't break anything... it's just that both antennas will receive a bit of signal from directions other than prime aim point... the weaker off-axis signals will usually interfere with the primary signal of the other antenna if you combine them without tuned filters. This often produces the equivalent of multipath interference.

The Winegard CC-7870 Antenna Coupler is basically a two-way splitter, with no filtering. I can't recommend it in this application, you would expect the problems mentioned in the previous paragraph. The JoinTenna product is discontinued, and if you could find some, would require one for nearly every single channel... and may require several more antennas and amplifiers...

In my first response, I proposed two separate antenna systems, cabled separately to each TV that you want the separate feeds available on. That means that in some households, all TVs would need double feeds. If most people in the home would be satisfied with only one feed, the complexity is reduced.
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