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Are all 2 way splitters created equal?
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No, but no need to spend ton of money. Look for those with specified loss of less than 4 dB per port... 3.5dB is a typical number. Also look for the bandwidth rating 5 - 1000 MHz (sometimes stated, 5 MHz to 1 GHz). More bandwidth above 1000 MHz is of no use in OTA reception so why pay for it.
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Is there a good (practical) installer reference that might include tips i.e. connection losses, noise, proper grounding, etc?
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I'll let you judge how practical
this is.
RG-6 and F connector losses can vary somewhat from one vendor to another but generally plan for as much as 7 dB loss per 100' of RG-6 at the top end of the UHF band, and not more than 0.5 dB per F connector. (For example, Re. their part # 40985-CPF, Leviton publishes 0.3 dB insertion loss @ 1GHz and >30dB return loss to 1GHz)