New Triax TMS 5X8 5 in 8 out multiswitch £14 delivered?

[BGonaSTICK]

Can't be bad...

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[Mship]

Stick, is this one of these things that works with a quattro LNB?

[nanochickin]

Can't tell for sure but i think its a combo terrestrial, Sat doobrey firkin thingy with built in diplexer and 8 way output :? Sorry its real name escapes me

It would require a Quattro LNB (H/V & Hi/Low outputs) to work. A normal quad output lnb would not work

You would also need the correct wall plates to make this work or something at the other end of the output to split the UHF & Sat signals to individual outputs

Its basically used for supplying communal aerial/sat systems in flats etc etc



Nano

[Robbo]

Yes,
assuming it works it's a bargain, they're priced at £64.99 +postage on falconsat

[BGonaSTICK]

Yes, it's a 'multiswitch' - it takes four inputs from a quattro LNB plus a terrestrial feed (digital/analogue - it doesn't matter) mixes them and pumps it to 8 locations (max) where it would (as Nano says) require a diplexer or de-combiner to split the frequencies out again onto two cables.

As you need an extra physical join at the receiver end, you may as well have a wall plate, though I still question whether those that have a diplexer built-in are very good quality. I've never tested or even used one. I do have a separate Triax diplexer under my desk waiting to be installed.

[Mship]

Interesting

I might get myself one of these

Don't think I would use it for DTT though, already got an 8 output unit to go in the loft for that.

This unit would go in the shed then, when I eventually get round to buying a feedhorn, I can get a quattro C120 LNB instead of a quad

Am I right in saying that, as I'd only be using the satellite output, I wouldn't need to use a wallplate and could just go straight to the receiver via the multiswitch?

Kev

[BGonaSTICK]

Good question! Umm.... probably!

The diplexer is only a filter, much like an ADSL filter - it effectively allows one band to pass on one leg and another on the second leg.

As I said somewhere else, although I have my switch and diplexer, I haven't sorted out a quattro LNB yet, so my project is temporarily on ice.

I don't like the look of any of the cheapo quattros that I could possibly jam onto my minidish, so I think I'll hold out for a decent 40mm ø LNBF job and maybe a baby Triax to chuck it on.

[Robbo]

Originally Posted by BGonaSTICK

Good question! Umm.... probably!
The diplexer is only a filter, much like an ADSL filter - it effectively allows one band to pass on one leg and another on the second leg.

Yes , theoretically it would work, as there would be no UHF TV band to filter out, so need for a filter. I would have thought it a good idea to put a 75 ohm termination on the UHF TV input to the switch though.

[Mship]

Cheers guy's

Bit the bullet and bought one, hell £15's hardly gonna break the bank is it?

Something else to go in storage until I get a quattro and power to the shed :


Kev