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<blockquote data-quote="rolfw" data-source="post: 303089" data-attributes="member: 175057">OK, to answer your question, a tap is purely a splitter, but one with a managed output on one side.If you are setting up a distribution system of say 5 flats or houses, running a single cable and taking feeds off the cable as it runs past the flat/house, the outlet at the beginning of the run will be much stronger than the one at the end, as the one at the end will have gone through several splitters.[ATTACH]9239[/ATTACH]Using taps, accounts for this, so if you wanted to increase the output at your flat/house, simply use a tap with a lower output attenuation.Given an insertion loss of 4db per tap, a line of five taps will mean that at the last outlet, the original signal will have been reduced by five times 4db and no extra attenuation is needed on the output. (in real terms 6db is about the minimum output attenuation on a tap)The difference between a one way tap and two way is exactly that, one will tap off for one point and the other will tap off for two points. <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" data-shortname=":)" />You should be able to buy them from any aerial wholesaler.PS. the tap values above are not real, just simplified for thsi illustration. <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="rolfw, post: 303089, member: 175057"] OK, to answer your question, a tap is purely a splitter, but one with a managed output on one side. If you are setting up a distribution system of say 5 flats or houses, running a single cable and taking feeds off the cable as it runs past the flat/house, the outlet at the beginning of the run will be much stronger than the one at the end, as the one at the end will have gone through several splitters. [ATTACH]9239[/ATTACH] Using taps, accounts for this, so if you wanted to increase the output at your flat/house, simply use a tap with a lower output attenuation. Given an insertion loss of 4db per tap, a line of five taps will mean that at the last outlet, the original signal will have been reduced by five times 4db and no extra attenuation is needed on the output. (in real terms 6db is about the minimum output attenuation on a tap) The difference between a one way tap and two way is exactly that, one will tap off for one point and the other will tap off for two points. :) You should be able to buy them from any aerial wholesaler. PS. the tap values above are not real, just simplified for thsi illustration. :) [/QUOTE]

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