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Clipsal 3105 DPOUV Weather Resistant Diplexer Combiner For UHF With VHF Antennas
$ 7.36
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Please note the delivery restriction:THE FREE SHIPPING PRICE IS FOR THE 11 WESTERN STATES ONLY.
Please do not order this item if you are not in one of the following states:
Arizona
California
Colorado
Montana
New Mexico
Nevada
Idaho
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Full disclosure with my opinion from experience:
The 1st photo is from the Internet and I edited it.
The reason the imported from Australia Clipsal diplexer is the lowest cost of the three common ones (Antennas Direct and Stellar Labs are the others
but the Stellar Labs is no longer available
) is because
, like the Antennas Direct,
it has no switch and it comes wired to pass DC on both inputs.
On the Clipsal
you have to dissemble it to cut the connections to block the power on one or both inputs.
The black plastic enclosure has a slide-off cover and the other plastic parts are pressed together as is the metal cover on the diplexer shielded enclosure.
In difficult reception locations separate UHF and VHF antennas will always outperform the best/biggest combination antennas.
When you combine UHF and VHF antennas do not use a common splitter/combiner or even a relatively expensive “joiner” like Channel Master sells for combining two of the same type of antenna.
Use a dieplexor that has separate inputs for UHF and VHF. You combine the cables outside near the antennas for a single downlead or you can bring the separate coaxial cables inside and combine them there.
If you are using a preamp outside you put it downstream of the combined output unless you need the preamp on one or the other separate antennas. In that case you would bring both cables inside and join them there.
For local pickup I am a few blocks off of 680 on the border of Pleasant Hill and Concord, California.