Re: X-10 Antenna Interference...

["Brian" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe someone else can post about the exact question you have.

But the best ant. on the market is made by WGL for X10 signals.

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"Michael G." <514mike@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi again!
>
> I have a question that isn't really so much about Home Automation as it
> is about radio waves and antennae:
>
> Right now, I have two transceivers plugged into the same socket.  I
> actually extended each antennae so that they look like bunny ears.
>
>>From a physics point of view, do multiple antennae interfere with one
> another?  Does an antenna "absorb" the signal, thus weakening it for
> the other device?
>
> I do not know much about this stuff, but intuitively, I would say they
> would not interfere with each other.
>
> If I had ten FM radios on a table, would the signal get progressively
> worse for each radio as each antenna was extended??
>
> Or taken a step further... if everyone in a city tuned into the same
> radio station, would that affect the station's signal?
>
> I have so far experienced no problems (I think).
>
> I have two transceivers piggybacked in one outlet, and in another
> outlet, I have a third transceiver.  My remotes and sensors seem to
> work 98% of the time.
>
> I would love to take all three transceivers, and plug them in a power
> bar, side-by-side.  I can then add a fourth as well, and hide it.
>
> Do you think that is a good thing, or a bad thing?
>
> I'm sorry if this is a basic radio/physics question, but I don't think
> the answer is so obvious...!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mike
>