It's not for TV. My TV is already connected to internet and aerial and that's all working fine.
I am redoing my kitchen later in the year and want install a wall mounted audio system (e.g. q-accoustics e120). For that I want to lay the groundwork and get the antenna signal to the desired location. It's just one additional run of say 10m, so I expect the tv signal to be unaffected, but if it becomes bad I can always put an amplifier in-between. Signal strength is generally v. good here at my location.
I think flameport has a point here. If you're not planning on having a TV in the kitchen, then running the TV aerial signal to the room is sort of pointless.
Retailer aerialsandtv did some tests to check FM and DAB reception with various types of aerials. You can see the chart of their results
here. The bottom line is that TV aerials were rated poor to useless for both FM and DAB reception. That's not too surprising though. They're tuned to significantly different frequencies. FM runs in the 87.5–108.0 MHz range. DAB is 174–240 MHz. These are both VHF frequency ranges. Digital TV is in the next band up - UHF. It's 470MHz to 700MHz
If this were visible light, the range separation would be something like this. It's not precise, but you should get the idea each is in a different portion of the range, so looking for red and for orange light in the green to violet portion of the spectrum shouldn't give anything at all.
ATV noted that there were very weak radio signals from TV aerials. They put this down to the longer booms on the YAGIs acting a bit like a poor FM/DAB antenna.
You might have something else in mind, but if it is only for FM and DAB, then I'd hate to see anyone wasting their time with baluns or with running coax when there's very little chance they'll get any useable signal if there's just a TV aerial installed.
DAB and DAB+ is kind of okay for the car where you've got a lot of background noise to mask the loss of quality. It's not so good for home listening though. I see that the Q Acoustics wall amp has additional inputs. Maybe have a look at something that can bring internet radio to the table, again, as suggested by flameport.
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Wiim Amp Pro tucked away integrates music streaming, Internet radio, direct inputs (including ARC should you decide to have a TV there in the future), Bluetooth for your phone connections, and there's a subwoofer out which is kind of a handy way to beef up the sound. Control is via smart phone app, and that can be run on a tablet too if you want some local control always present. The Wiim product is a bit more money than the Q Acoustics, but I think it is more futureproofed and so worth it. There's a decent review of the product
here.
