Ping Bill Wright

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Bill, I have a Triax multiswitch in the loft with eight feeds to carry TV, FM and satellite into eight different locations, each of which terminate in a triplexer something like

and I'm thinking of adding a feed into a further room but am looking for the easy option.

I could change one of the current runs to the new location but it involves running a cable across two separate lofts, down the outside of a wall and then through it into the room. Probably the simplest option, but crawling about in lofts and hanging off ladders lost its appeal a long time ago.

The only other option I can think of would involve taking a 'spur' off one of the existing coaxials either as it drops down the outside wall or from where it enters the triplexer (I assume I can't do anything to get all three signals back from the front of the triplexer and then 'share' them). Would a 'spur' be a possibility? I somehow doubt it.

Is there another option?

Thanks!

[Andy Burns]

Does the new point require satellite, or just terrestrial+FM? If the former then "spurring" won't work. Do any of the existing satellite equipment have a "loop out" and could you extend that to the new location, but you'd only be able to use it when the existing equipment at the mid-point was off and looping the signal through.

[F]

Thanks, but the new point needs all three and the existing satellite box is too far away to use the loop...

[Andy Burns]

Oh well, A larger multiswitch and some crawling in the loft then ...