We purchased the Tailgater and would like to make use of our outside connection for Satellite, rather than running coax through a slide and directly into receiver. How can we determine if the connection for satellite on outside of fiver is RG6? It runs from outside the trailer into the entertainment center to an outlet marked Satellite. We have tried this connection but cannot get it to activate. We bought Radio Shack RG6 for use between Satellite In connection and the Receiver. Update: noted that Radio Shack coax is marked RG6-U and coax in Satellite connection is RG6. Could this be the problem?

Whether the coax in the fiver is RG6 or RG59 you should have success and I would not be concerned about what's inside. Now, if you want to try to use a connection labeled Cable to provide a connection to a satellite antenna, this will not work or will not work without some cabling modifications.

Set it up to work with the TG directly connected to the receiver. Then move the TG coax to the AV output coax and connect with a barrel connector (female to female connector from RS) and keep working back until you isolate the problem. You can also use a test light or ohmmeter and a long test wire to trace the coax in the rig.

If the coax you are using has a splitter in the line for the TV/cable connection, the satellite signal will not pass through it.

sljkansas wrote:If the coax you are using has a splitter in the line for the TV/cable connection, the satellite signal will not pass through it.Yes. And a lot of then do have a splitter. My friend solved the problem with one of these and a piece of coax directtly to the tv inside.

Connect directly to the Tailgater first just to make sure it is working properly. (I assume you have a 211 receiver??)If so, start working with the RV. A short run of RG59 in the RV will work fine. At least it did on mine. You will likely have to start tracing the internal wiring if it does not work correctly in the RV. The coax from the external connection should go direct to the internal connection for the receiver.

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fpresto
Explorer
Apr 27, 2014
The same old story about RG6 vs. RG59. First there is NO standard for any RG. It is an old military standard which meant Radio Grade and was replaced by Mil-Specs years ago. I could take any piece of coax, stamp RG 6 on it and legally sell it. Generally RG6 will have slightly less loss and better shielding than RG59 but better performance is not required for the label. A good quality RG59 can easily outperform a lesser quality RG6. For any RV application the slight difference in loss in the distance covered is not detectable except by very expensive test equipment and will certainly have no effect on the satellite receiver. Bill says 50 ft. but I would expand that to over 100 ft. before RG6 might be required. By far the most losses in any installation comes from couplers and splitters. Even good quality average about 3db of loss each, And of course improper installation of the connectors can kill the entire installation. I realize that this is long winded but as I work with coaxial cable line loss every day including some that cost hundreds of dollars per foot it bothers me when people parrot that RG6 must be used when they don't have a clue.

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