Signal strength loss thru DP34

[Sandman]

What is considered normal, if any, signal loss when routhing through a DP34, the reason I ask is that when I set up my Superdish, signal strength when connected directly to the receiver was an average of 100 on all 3 sats, (110,119,121) after the switch it is near 90 or about a 10 point signal strength drop, on the same transponders.

Thanks
Bob

[larrystotler]

Well, you are creating an extra connection, which will create loss. But it shouldn't be that much.

[ShadowEKU]

i think i lost about 2 when i added my dp34

[Sandman]

Just took some readings
110 117 before switch 107 after switch
119 105 before switch 92 after switch
121 95 before switch 82 after switch

Bob

[ShadowEKU]

That is a little much

[james39]

make sure you use good quality cable, RG-6 and try to avoid very long runs of cable. The farther it goes, the more signal you lose. We installed a switch in my house a few weeks ago and on average it only lost about 2-3 points of signal strength on some tps, other tp's were not effected one bit..

[Sandman]

The cable was my problem, I tried using a Belden cable I had on hand, for test purposes I tried a cable that was swept tested to 2300 mhz and the signal loss was gone.
The cable definitely does make a difference.

Bob