I ended up going to Radio Shack and buying a "Bi-Directional Cable-TV
Amplifier" P/N 15-2505 for $30.99. The production description states
"HDTV Ready! For use with most digital and analog cable applications
including digital cable modems, digital TV and Pay-Per-View". I figure
it's a reasonable price if it does work and if it doesn't, it's a lot
cheaper to return an item to Radio Shack than it is to return an item
to an eBay seller. I'll keep everyone posted.<br>
<br>
For what it's worth, here are the specs from the sheet folded up inside the package:<br>
<br>
<div style="margin-left: 40px;">Forward Path<br>
<ul>
<li>Operating Freq Range: 54-1000MHz</li>
<li>Gain: Up to 10dB</li>
<li>Gain Adjustment Range: 8dB</li>
</ul>
Reverse Path<br>
<ul>
<li>Operating Freq Range: 5-40MHz</li>
<li>Insertion Loss: 5dB</li>
</ul>
</div>
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<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/6/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mike Grusin</b> <<a href="mailto:mgrusin@comcast.net">mgrusin@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
> > What does a Blonder-Tongue do? Is it just like an amp that you can<br>> > adjust the gain on?<br>><br>> Blonder Tongue is one of the primary suppliers to the cable industry<br>> itself. That amp to which I posted the link has enough gain potential
<br>> to drive 30 or 40 loads, likely. Not only is its gain adjustable, but<br>> also its slope (the differential gain from one end of the band to the<br>> other).<br><br>Does anyone know whether this is a bi-directional amp, in other words, can a
<br>cable modem sit behind it and still reach the outside world?<br><br>Thx, -Mike G.<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org
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