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Old 11-07-2005, 16:00   #6
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Re: Combining aerial inputs

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Originally Posted by homealone
I imagine what is happening is that the signals from the two transmitters are interfering with each other - probably what you need is a switched combiner - i.e. like your Y connector, but allowing you to select which aerial feed is sent to the telly, rather than sending both. - I remember using something similar for my Spectrum
That is exactly right. You need a true RF switch to do it. All the old consoles (Megadrive SNES, etc) used to come with one, so that might be an avenue to look at if you can't find one. The newer consoles though come with auto switchers, so not really any good (plus they have moulded plugs).
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