Help with Antenna Install Over Internet/TV Cable

[edisav]

Hi,

Currently, I use an cable provider for internet and basic TV. Since I don't watch much TV and want to save money, I'm planning in getting an OTA antenna and getting rid of cable-TV while keeping the internet. Can I use the same cable to combine OAT-TV and internet? If not, how can I accomplish this without having to add a dedicated cable? Worst case scenario, can I combine all three signals in the same cable either permanently or for testing purposes?

Thanks!

[tigerbangs]

The internet bandwidth that the cable TV system uses overlaps with the UHF TV spectrum, so you cannot run your internet and OTA antenna from the same coaxial cable. You will need to run additional cable for your OTA television reception.

[edisav]

Tigerbangs, isn't there anything that I can use to modulate the signal at the antenna's end and something else to demodulate the signal at the TV itself? This way there won't be any spectrum overlapping.

[tigerbangs]

perhaps, but how much are you willing to spend? Chances are that you can add an additional coax cable MUCH cheaper: there are no "Cheap" solutions.

[jimbart]

You could try running your internet to only one cable jack with its own line. Run the rest with the signal from your antenna. I am doing that. I will have one dedicated internet cable jack and the rest will be my antenna. The internet jack I am running a short length of cable right from the cable feed to the jack in the house. Jim