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Ha Ha Ha ! ! I have combined antennas with success.... All you need it the combiners. Now from what I read combiners, and splitters are the same item, but stores that sell both get more for the written differentiation..... You can choose either combiner splitters, or UHF VHF FM signal splitters like the little plastic ones RS use to sell for inside use..... The reason to use that type is noise, but they are plastic not shielded. ( Only the desired frequencies are passed, so less noise because of the tighter band width.) All metal splitters have better noise figures. Blonder Tongue makes nice 75 ohm screw end splitters, and you can but them on ebay, some times in bulk for less then single units. I got some years ago when I did the house with antenna wire. Be sure to get (end caps) Terminators for the ports not used! If you get 4 way and only need 2 way splitters.... I had 5 and 6 way, no problems with the end caps.... Believe it or not, Placement of the antennas has more to do with getting a signal to "add" than + - wire attachment. Antennas placed in a vertical stack don't work as well as antennas spaced apart on a horizontal plane. This is for same frequency, like 2 bow ties for UHF. I agree inside placement is a better way to go, I use to have that in the analog days, but now with lower power digital I had to go rooftop. As long as you don't have any reflection items like the aluminum insulation A/C units, pipe, etc, you should be ok..... Good Luck ! PS Nice conversion on that house ! ! I assume not all of the upper space will be used for living.... I want to do something like that to add more solar panels to our house..... There is a room behind our garage with 6 air panels and we need about 6 more to get better than 20% of our heat from the sun..... PS 2, You know, when I was in college I put a set of UHF VHF tv top type rabbit ears down the hall in a closet, and ran coax to my room in the ceiling to a distribution amp and got killer great tv picture on everything..... You could get one of those old units with the 6 position switch and flip it around till you get what you want.... It'll freak out the next round of renovators 30 years from now when they find it in the wall..... .
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