Quote:
Originally Posted by RLW
Question??? What determines cheap on a splitter and how does a laymen know the difference???
|
The two way splitters (3dB hybrids) that Metrocast installed here have a frequency band of 5 to 1,000 MHz. I think that the $10 Radio Shack 3dB hybrids will work just fine. You could go the Best Buy and get the 2GHz $20.99 monster cable two way but you don't really need that.
All splitters have some "insertion loss" of at least about 0.5dB. So a two way splitter would drop each tap by at least 3.5dB or a factor of 2.24.
Cheaper splitters will have more insertion loss and not as wide a frequency range.
Stick with a two way split if that is all you need. The 8-way splitter (9dB hybrid) shown by APS will reduce each tap down to 1/8 power (down 9dB) plus insertion loss.