Thursday 4 June 2015

How Directional Couplers Make Life Easier

By Ericka Marsh


Most of the television sets and your devices like the radio and your computer rely on radio frequency for it to gather signal and for it to function. This is what most cable companies use. When the signal is weak, you can expect that you cannot have good reception when you are watching the television. There are times when the issue is not in weak signals, it is because it is not distributed properly.

There are devices that you can use to improve the strength of the frequency. You can make use of a power divider. But if you are aiming to distribute to more devices, you will benefit more from directional couplers. Most of the time, it is hard to distribute frequency among different devices especially if you are using one source. Through the couplers, this can easily be accomplished.

You might be confused regarding the function of the coupler and the divider. Most of the time, their function are just the same. However, there are different situations when you can use these. When you use dividers, it would be for lesser devices since there are just two ports. Couplers are utilized for more appliances since it has more ports.

There are various ways for these things to be used. The main use for this is to improvement of the signal so that you can have better reception. If you have several television sets, this would work well for you. Since most of the televisions today are still connected to either cable or satellite having this is necessary.

This can also be used for monitoring. If you are trying to figure out where the problem exactly lies, you can use these devices to measure the frequency passing through each of the ports. If one area is lacking or there is just too much signal, you can easily see it. The best thing is the part that you do not have to tap into the main power source to remove it.

There is hybrid types of couplers. When you have more devices that you need the frequency to be distributed on, then it would be good to make use of this one. This will help you achieve a clearer resolution even if you are using the coupler as long as it is hybrid.

Aside from splitting the signal so that it can be used further, you can also use it to combine power. This is when you want to improve the signal strength. Through combining the power, you can effectively increase the resolution of the display. This is usually what the coupler is being used as well. The collective power will make frequencies collected in one port.

Using it too much would also not be good. You have to use the right amount otherwise, the devices would not function well. This is when you see that there are too many figures in your television screen. Because of too much frequency, everything is reflected.

If you decide to install it, you have to at least possess a basic knowledge in technology and electronics. DIY videos might help you accomplish it but if you do not understand the process it would be hard to accomplish the installation. Professionals can help you with the distribution process.




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