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Old 17th Jul 2017, 11:42 am   #9
Arqiva BOC
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Default Re: Mini FM transmitter as a signal booster.

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Originally Posted by G6Tanuki View Post
In the past some of us used a couple of directional antennas [5-element Yagis] coupled together with a "masthead" type preamplifier in between to shunt Band-II and Band-III broadcast-FM/405-line-TV signals around local obstacles in mid-Wales.

The important thing was that neither of the antennas should be able to see each-other, or the whole thing woukld do the VHF equivalent of the audio-feedback you get when someone turns the volume up too far on a public address system.

A technique still in use in Wales for DTV, known as an 'Active Deflector'
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