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Originally Posted by Tower Guy
I think half a wavelength is the absolute minimum. More spacing is better.
The formula for a half wavelength is 492/f. If your lowest channel is 7, the frequency is 174. This equals 2.83'.
I wouldn't bother with a special antenna coupler. Just use a splitter and connect it backwards.
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First off, thanks SO much to both of you guys for your great info! You've been immensely helpful. Ok, so here's what I have so far: I'm going to get two Antennacraft HBU-22's and I'm going to mount them on a mast attached to my chimney; one basically North, the other south-west. I'll use a regular splitter to combine the two antennas. I'll mount the splitter on the mast in between the two antennas and use equal lengths of cable to both antennas (just to be safe). Or should the splitter be in my attic?
Now, I'm concerned about splitting and cable length to get the signal to all my tv's. Here's how it will work. There will be one splitter in the attic to drop down into our bedroom, then the other cable will run down to the first floor for my pc tuner card where it will get split and run into my basement where it will be split again two ways: one to our main tv in the basement, and the other to the tv back up one floor to our kitchen. I'm assuming I'll need an amp, right? Even with an amp, do you think the kitchen tv will still get a strong enough signal? Can I use the Drop Amp EDA 2100 I already have? Is it the correct specs? I was using it for my cable connection. Would the best place to introduce it be in the attic before the first split?