Sat amp?
I'm in yet another situation of using almost 100 feet of coax to reach the Pathway X2 from the VIP 211k. I have good (beacon?) strength from all three western arc sats, while signal strength is very l...
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2oldman wrote:
Directv doesn't do well at 100' either.
I have to disagree with that statement. At my S&B my run is about 125 ft. with no issues. My signal strengths are in the 90s. I worked many years with coax cables from cheap to very expensive. A good quality RG-6 will have approximately 5 dB difference between 25ft and 100ft at 2000 Mhz. While it is a loss, it will still be well within DIRECTV limits. By far the most common cause of a weak signal in order are poor or poorly installed connectors, too many splitters or two many splices. If OP verifies the connectors or replaces his cable with one with good connectors already installed he will probably have no more issues.
