It appears that our existing Triax multiswitch is about to fail completely.
I've been searching around and the latest versions have a terrestrial active/passive switch. Before I go ahead and order one, could anyone explain what this switch is about please?
I'll be connecting a quad LNB and a terrestrial aerial to it along with eight triplexed wall plates.
Nortmally A QUAD LNB will not work on a Triax Multiswtich. You need a QUATTRO LNB, unless the Multiswitch explicitly supports QUAD LNB's
Just looked up the datasheet of the triax 5x8 multiswitch.... and to my surprise, it does support QUAD LNBs
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That passive - active switch is for an onboard filter & amplifier
When set to PASSIVE it will not amplify the terrestrial input and will NOT filter out 700 Mhz to 860 MHZ
When set to ACTIVE, it will filter the input signals to block 700 MHz to
862 MHz (which are being used by 4G & 5G phone masts AND will amplify teh terrestrial input signals by 23 dB.
So it all hinges on whether you already have a mast head amp or not, and what the current freeview signal levels are like and whether you have any problems with phone masts in your area.
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