years ago i had a sat installed because of the wall they used a combiner/decoder with power pass like these http://www.hillsantenna.com.au/cattleprod/products/D3101DIP so the power goes via the cable but not onto the fta side put your amp power supply up in the roof after teh combiner ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicolas Will" <nico@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 8:25 AM Subject: [OT] UHF masthead amp power supply location > This this OT, but I don't really know where to ask. And after all, the > odds are that I will find a person with that sort of knowledge here. > > I currently have a masthead amp for my DVB-T antenna. It uses a power > supply in the house that inject current through the antenna cable. > > I am now installing my Sat DVB-S system properly (i.e. not with a cable > going through an open window), and I'd like to use a combiner/splitter > system as I cannot lay a new cable from the dish to the tuner for the > satellite signal (very old granite house), and I would like the existing > cable going under the floor. > > I am afraid that the masthead amp power supply will be bothering the > whole deal. I cannot get rid of the amp, my DVB-T reception is too weak > without it. > > Here are diagrams of my 2 options: > > http://www.youplala.net/~will/htpc/Satellite/masthead_amp-where.png > > Option A - This is the easiest for me to achieve, but the position of > the power supply worries me. > > Option B - I'm confident that this is technically sound, except that the > necessary physical location of the power supply in this case has no > power plug nearby... > > My question is: can Option A fly? > > Thanks for your help. > > Nico > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-dvb mailing list > linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
