Satellite dish installation

Question

We are former full timers who recently downsized from a 36' Alpenlite fiver to a 24' Dutchman Aspen Trails TT. Our Alpenlite came equipped with a hook up for a satellite connection but our TT only has a connection for cable TV. Since we will be traveling for a couple of months next summer, we'd like to take our satellite service with us. We've been told that it takes a different kind of wire than the cable tv wire.

Have any of you done this? We know how to set up the satellite, tune it, etc. and have figured out a place we can put the receiver, but I'm wondering about the wire from the dish to the TT. Suggestions, etc. would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

wyotraveler · Answer

If you only have one coax coming in use RG6 from the dish. On the inside you can use a 4001FD diplexer made by Channel Master. This is not a splitter it is a diplexer. One of the outputs goes to Sat the other output goes to ant in on your sat receiver. If you connect to cable outside and sat receiver is off it will feed directly through to your TV. I paid all of 97 cents for the diplexer.

donn0128 · Answer

Usually pretty easy to route a new rg6 coax from outside to the receiver location.  As a last resort buy a flat coax and run it through a window.

realladyat57 · Answer

Thanks.  I'll share this with my DH--luckily he's very handy and I'm sure he'll be able to take care of it.  He resisted the idea of paying over $200 for the dealer to run the cable.

vannnce · Answer

Ive always run the flat coax cables. One for the bedroom tv and one in the living room. windows still close all the way. No complaints other than it isnt as pretty having a cable go up your wall outside i suppose.

I also leave them in the windows while traveling too. Only hang out about an inch and a half

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