[time-nuts] Lucent KS-24361/Thunderbolt antenna advice sought.
Oghma
oghma at live.co.uk
Tue May 5 15:35:42 UTC 2015
Thanks to Vlad, Bob, and Chris for the responses so far - and for the helpful suggestions/advice.
Since the focus of the answers to my (I suppose, dual-headed) question has been on the splitting/sharing aspect, rather than on actual antenna type/model, I'm guessing that the actual antenna used doesn't matter - would that be a fair assumption to make?
So, does that mean that I could use a simple patch type antenna intended for use with in-car gps 'satnav' style units - such as the ones Garmin sell? I only ask because I have seen some discussion of quad-helix (and LHCP vs RHCP) antennas, and most of the pictures I have seen of the innards of antennas have been Q-H style.
Also, given that dc feeds are provided by the receivers, it would suggest that some dirt of active/amplified antenna is expected to be connected.
Foitnote: I'm in the UK, so I'm not sure that the 'cable TV splitters' referred to would be available here. We do have cable TV, but if I understand correctly, the signals (if not carried into the house on optical fibres) are all sent down the cable in the sub 500MHz range - perhaps someone on the list who is in the UK could comment further on that?
Regards
John
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