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:For SWM (and maybe other installations) DTV uses high quality RG6 coax and connectors due to the much higher bandwidth requirements that 8 HD channels require. The connectors are L1RC SMS Ultimate which has a red cap and HF-81 with a yellow insert barrel connectors. We previously had PCT-DRS-6 compression fittings which he indicated had coax shield contact issues. 150' is the SWM limit.
I only get one tuner at 100' with a SWM lnb. Perhaps my cable is c rap.
