Reducing insertion loss over multi room system

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chuffzilla

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My Satellite Setup
sat and freeview setup for small hospice
My Location
oxfordshire
I have been asked to help out with fixing a broken aerial system at a local hospice.

The system consists of a single aerial which is split into 9 rooms via some ancient passive splitters (well over 30 years old and covered in rust) the run from the aerial to the last room is about 50 meters.

I have been in the loft and I have so far counted 7 splitters so I am amazed that the rooms at the bottom of the run even received a signal.

Aerial----------X------X-----X-----X----X----X
each X = a 3 way splitter with a drop down into a room.

The cable itself looks fine so ideally I just want to replace the splitters with as little insertion loss as possible.
The loft only has lighting but it may be possible to run a power spur if needed.

can anyone advise on the best type of splitters / boosters / connectors for this type of job?
 
Are you aware of the earth bonding requirements for such a system?
 
The system is not connected to any boosters and half way along the run it is connected to an sky inserter which is earthed.
 
Irrelevant as to whether it is an amplified system and it may of course end up being amplified anyway. You need isolation between the individual outlets as well.

This job really falls outside the scope of this section, it is for advising on domestic installations.
 
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