Hi all, I am in the process of setting up a freeview system for my house, The aerial is fitted in the attic, its a "xb10a", its quite a big aerial, I bought it from A.T.V as it was the correct type for the transmitter I use. One of the things that is puzzling me is how far the main splitter needs to be from the aerial? there is a lot of contradictory info out there, some say it needs to be far away but how far is far? 2 meters? 10 meters? and others say it needs to be as close to the aerial as possible,I don't know which to believe? and I will be annoyed if it turns out to be wrong. so to avoid headache of moving cables back and forth in the attic and possible reruns I thought I would come here and ask. The cable I am using is called "Gt100" which I bought from toolstation,its pure copper and not the aluminium rubbish, and the main splitter I bought is "Vision" 6 way. I am led to believe you should avoid amplifiers boosters. I also have a signal meter "fringe" I have measured the strength from the aerial with this meter and I get 69db which I imagine is pretty strong?,the maximum the meter goes up to is 75db, I can't get the strength any higher than 69db, the aerial is positioned in the attic at the back of the house as this is where I got the highest reading which is 69db. Any help would be great, I am just trying to work out the correct way to distribute the system from the attic?, I only want to do it once and not mess around,there is plenty slack left in the cables in attic. I also know the aerial will be better outside but I don't have the correct ladders and it will look unsightly.
thanks, hope this makes sense
thanks, hope this makes sense
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