Question on splitters

[DennisFL]

I have a HDHomeRun Duo doing nothing. I was wondering if I can put a splitter on my Flex 4 and add the Duo so I have 6 tuners? Or would the decrease in signal strength produce bad reception? The Flex 4 antenna has an amplifier at the antenna and gets strong reception.

I also have an extra antenna in my attic doing nothing as well. I can buy another amplifier and have the Duo on a line by itself - but that's a lot of extra work.

[Señor Bob]

I have a HDHomeRun Duo doing nothing. I was wondering if I can put a splitter on my Flex 4 and add the Duo so I have 6 tuners?

Yes, you can split the signal, before it gets to your current device.

Or would the decrease in signal strength produce bad reception?

Anytime you split the signal, there's going to be a loss of 3.5dB. Will that loss be problematic? Probably not, but give it a try and see what happens.

[KeithAbbott]

Before you add the splitter, I would look at the signal strength on the web page for your Flex 4. Look at it again (for the Flex 4 and the Duo) after you have added the splitter. You should see the signal strength drop a bit, but hopefully not too much. I think the rule of thumb is to try to keep signal strength to 90% or more.

[DennisFL]

In that case, I won't have enough to split. This is before splitting

Virtual Channel 11.1 WINK HD
Frequency 575.000 MHz
Program Number 3
Modulation Lock 8vsb
Signal Strength 61%
Signal Quality 53%
Symbol Quality 100%

[KeithAbbott]

Wow. Are you certain that your antenna amplifier is working? With a signal quality of 53%, I would expect that you would be having reception issues.