<div dir="ltr">On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 2:52 PM, unsolicited <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:unsolicited@swiz.ca" target="_blank">unsolicited@swiz.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I though Pre-Amps were powered? So, you have electrical outside powering it? I thought electrical power outside ... not optimal?<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>The power injector does that. There is a wall wart thing that outputs DC through a coax connector and that goes to the power injector, which sends power to the pre-amp via the same 100 ft coax cable. No extra cables necessary.<br>
<br></div><div>With the RCA I linked to, I can take out the power injector from the path, and inject power right from the splitter, so less loss, since less connections.<br><br>That is my assumption/hope, waiting for some experts to confirm/deny that.<br>
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You haven't mentioned grounding. From Andrew K's (?) messages earlier
... important.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>The cable from the antenna/pre-amp goes into a surge protector. The mast is metal and goes into the ground, though ideally I need a plate/rod buried deep beside it. There are several trees that are higher than the antenna though and it is in the far side of the yard, so not very concerned as I would if it is on top of the house.<br>
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