Antenna Question About Splitter

[btritch]

I have a quick question that I hope someone can help with me find an answer too..
Here's the problem I'm having/had..
I have a scantenna ST2 with 75 foot of LMR 400 cable coming into the house then I have it splitting into two different radio's once inside the house.. I have it split through a cable TV splitter, Now I know it's not the best way in the world to do it but it picks up the 60 mile radius around that I need to hear so it's good enough for now...Now It splits into two different RG 58 cables and goes to each scanner.. last night they both stopped receiving comms locally and distant.. Upon checking I finally figured out that it was the two way cable splitter that apparently was bad, Once I changed it to another two way splitter it seemed to work fine afterwards, Here's my question now, Is it possible now that with just two scanners split into it that it could be bad? I know they go bad with Cable tv but they have power going through them.. I mean, Just a scanner, Is it possible the splitter could be bad, Once I changed it to another one it seemed to work fine...Anyone have any ideas if it were the splitter or just a glitch? Anyone ever had this happen before? Thanks for the help..!

 

[Viper43]

sure the splitter can be bad, a lightning strike miles away could fry it. Which is one reason you shouldn't use a cable tv splitter on your scanners, not too mention they a very ineffective, try spending a few $$ for something made for the job like a Stridesbug Multicoupler..... and if you get enough scanners you can get the DLI (Digital Loggers) 16 channel wideband multicoupler which works great (I'm about to order a second one I like it so much

http://www.digital-loggers.com/multi.html?gclid=CO_Ku4O9t5YCFSPyDAodyF60Kw

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[btritch]

do they have any made for 2 to 3 radios? Im running 2 now but plan to go to three soon. what would i do with the open slots till i get a third?

 

[iMONITOR]

I know they go bad with Cable tv but they have power going through them..

Power going though them? What power?

 

[iMONITOR]

sure the splitter can be bad, a lightning strike miles away could fry it. Which is one reason you shouldn't use a cable tv splitter on your scanners, not too mention they a very ineffective, try spending a few $$ for something made for the job like a Stridesbug Multicoupler..... and if you get enough scanners you can get the DLI (Digital Loggers) 16 channel wideband multicoupler which works great (I'm about to order a second one I like it so much

http://www.digital-loggers.com/multi.html?gclid=CO_Ku4O9t5YCFSPyDAodyF60Kw

V

I agree Stridsberg multicouplers are good quality and work well, but none of them will withstand a lightning strike. Also Stridsberg multicouplers do not provide any lightning protection to your scanner radios.