homerjay
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Hello all, apologies if this is in the wrong area. I'm looking for a connector to split my F150 antenna to the factory radio and a bnc connector. If any such itme exits could anyone point me in the right direction to look. Thanks
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Antenna Connector
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doctordialtone
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You may not be able to split the signal off the antenna to effectively feed another type of radio and you might need a diplexer. The Y connector cables are usually made to combine two antennas to the car radio. A diplexer will let the AM/FM signals pass on to the car radio mostly unaffected then the diplexer will send VHF/UHF signals to a scanner or other type of receiver without affecting AM/FM reception. If this is your need then here is one version but I don't know how well it works. T64 - AM/FM to Scanner Splitter
And of course its discontinued.
And of course its discontinued.
BNC connector for? Scanner?
Keep in mind that an unpowered splitter will give each side 1/2 of the signal. And make sure you do not transmit into that BNC or you'll probably fry your factory radio ....
In this situation its worse, the AM/FM antenna is really high impedance in the AM broadcast band (a couple thousand ohms) and it uses a high impedance coax. The AM receiver is very sensitive to any changes in its antenna so you can't simply add a 50 ohm splitter as that will load down the high impedance side and really degrade AM reception. A proper diplexer will not affect things much.
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