Multiswitch for Antenna Splitter?

[NYRHKY94]

Hello All:

Looking for some advice/feedback from the group regarding splitting my outside antenna between 2-3 scanners. The posts I've seen elsewhere on this subject appear to vary widely from commercial level multicoupler products (Stridsberg), down to the basic splitters carried at Radio Shack.

A specific question I have is whether it would be OK to use a "multiswitch" for this type of set-up? I have a couple of those sitting around from when I had DSS and cable coming into the house.

One of these is passive and the other is an active model (Channel Master 6314 IFD). Both have an input for VHF/UHF and 4 outputs. Any thoughts or input on whether either of these could be used without harming my scanners, would be greatly appreciated.

P.S. I did hook the active multiswitch up to a couple "old" scanners I have for an intial test. Both seemed operated fine on all frequencies and appeared to be stronger signal wise.

Thanks in advance!

 

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Good question. A multiswitch is for selecting LNB's remotely on your sat dish so I don't think it would be good for scanners. The passive splitter would work with some loss. I have seen these at Universal Radio, they are expensive compared to a TV type passive splitter, but I don't know if they are worth the extra cost. Maybe someone else has compared loss on these things.

http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/preamps/0973.html

 

[NYRHKY94]

Multiswitch for Antenna Splitter

After reviewing the specs for the Channel Master multiswitch (6314IFD) and testing 2 scanners split from my outside Scantenna for several days now, this set-up appears to do a very nice job of increasing my signal strength without any noticeable loss.

Eventhough the multiswitch is designed for DSS/Antenna-Cable splitting situations, the specs state that the switch amplifies VHF/UHF signals in the 54-806 MHz range when using the VHF/UHF input. One of the bigger differences I noticed right away was for the air band, which was a nice bonus for me as I like to monitor that on one of the 2 scanners.

The switch has 2 more available outputs, so I'll hook up a 3rd scanner now and see how things go with that. As of right now, it looks like the old multiswitch I had laying around (retails now around $60) saved me from buying a Stridsberg and gets me away from the cheaper TV type splitter.

Thought I'd pass the above along. Thanks!