Cable People: Are splitters really unidirectional?

Cable People: Are splitters really unidirectional?
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A good splitter will take the signal from the “in” and equally split it to the two “outs”. It can also combine the two “outs” and send it to the “in”. Trying to send a signal from one “out” to the other “out” might not work well. Cheap splitters will just have the center conductors soldered together, so “in” and “outs” are all the same.
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