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sponmd2
09-25-09, 09:37 AM
Finally upgraded to DVR, had put it off as dish and house are over 200 feet apart and only had two wires. Techs arrived and were great. Decided to "swim" it first. Having read posts here for a long time I knew they were talking about SWM and was sure it wouldn't work as to length of run. Long story short it worked well, they were concerned about signal loss during rain storms. Had a nasty one last night and this morning, only one time did service go out and it was less than two minutes which was the same as before. Everything is working great, wish I could say the same with my calls to CSR this morning. The techs were well tipped as they not only did a great job they called and let me know when they would arrive and were done in less than an hour.
rudeney
09-25-09, 10:22 AM
Officially, the maximum distance between the SWM and the furthest receiver is 150'. That also includes the power inserter. I am sure there are some tolerances designed into that number and they may be stretched even further when using high grade low-loss coax.
raoul5788
09-25-09, 10:27 AM
RG11 might solve the distance problem.
veryoldschool
09-25-09, 10:31 AM
Officially, the maximum distance between the SWM and the furthest receiver is 150'. That also includes the power inserter. I am sure there are some tolerances designed into that number and they may be stretched even further when using high grade low-loss coax.
"Also" it would depend on how many receivers/splitters.
One receiver @ 200' is one thing, while 8 would be problems, though one of these would help: http://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp?mc=05&p=LA141R&d=Sonora-LA141R-SWM8-Line-Amp-14-dB-gain-54-to-3500-MHz-w-Sub-Band-Return-2-to-40-MHz-w-External-Power-Port-%28LA141R%29
ndole
09-25-09, 05:59 PM
Hope they got tipped well enough in case they get charged for that SWiM they weren't supposed to use. ;) lol
David MacLeod
09-25-09, 06:14 PM
always wondered, does placement of the PI affect performance over longer runs?
veryoldschool
09-25-09, 06:20 PM
always wondered, does placement of the PI affect performance over longer runs?
Guess one would ask "which performance": DC or RF?
DC: only as to having the SWM receive enough power
RF: none
David MacLeod
09-25-09, 06:50 PM
dc would be the one I wondered about.
RobertE
09-25-09, 06:59 PM
If you find that your at the edge of usuable voltage at the lnb with the PI-21, you can always order and use a PI-28 to give a little extra power to the lnb.