Of you're talking digital cable you will need a distribution amp that covers 1ghz,
same with spitters & taps. 900mhz was the older CATV standard and I'd imagine that
450Mhz is old OTA broadcast spectrum.
Not having much output gain is not a biggie if your demarc signal is strong. Main
advantage to a DA is that it does not attenuate signal when splitting where passive
splitters do.
I definitely would NOT put a cable modem after a DA, especially a 450Mhz DA.
Rick Glazier wrote:
From: "swzaske"
Good question, try it and let us know. Personally, I just got a
digital converter for my old Sony 27" and it works well with rabbit
ears. I get about a dozen stations because 2 of them have 2-3 channels
each which was unexpected. NTSC is dead, long live ATSC.
Duncan and "swzaske",
I found two old Broadband TV (distribution) amps.
One only had a 1dB gain, (but four outputs) so I skipped it.
(I may gang/chain them later in my attic for distribution on my second
floor.)
The other is a +10dB single output. Archer 15-1118 (very old, never used.)
50-450MHZ.
<http://support.radioshack.com/productinfo/DocumentResults.asp?sku_id=15-1118&Name=Video%20Accessories&Reuse=N>
The OSD signal strength meter seemed to say it boosted the signal
around a little less than a third of the bar. (Red, Yellow, Green.)
This was on a channel that was breaking up, and it "cured that"...
I put it right at the VHF/UHF 75ohm rabbit ears to feed a converter box
from there.
I'll try it on my Desktop Computer next week.
(I'm working my way up from cheapest to most expensive stuff...)
Rick Glazier
