2ND HR 20 on the way Need Help!

[tgater]

As I stated in another post D* offered a 2nd HR 20 to me for $99 how could I say no. When I had my 3 LNB dish we would not loose signal during a blizzard. Now with the AT9 we loose signal every time it rains. My current setup consist of the AT9 roughly in the same spot as the 3LNB dish, 4 RG6 solid copper cable running about 120 cable feet to 4 power pass splitters then feeding two WB68's the only HR 20 right now is connected to one of the WB68's via 2 RG 6 quad shielded solid coppers cables running about 95 cable feet. And yes the HR 20 is connected to an APC smart UPS 1000 and the location of the new HR will has an APC 350. I did a search of the forums and It does get confusing at times becuase every situation is different. I do have very solid background in runing various types of cable, this is one horse yppu can lead to water that will drink. My install is scehduled for next week on the 11th. Any help or tips will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

[directvfreak]

What are your signal strength readings?

[tgater]

What are your signal strength readings?

at the HR 20 they range from 95 to 99. between the 5 sats.

[HDTVsportsfan]

Can you give a sampling of the signal strength from the individual SAT's? It sure sounds like the dish needs to be tweaked slightly. Any LOS issues? Does this happen with all channels, SD, HD, MPEG2, MPEG4?

[TriggerDeems]

with 215 ft of cable run, it might be a voltage problem. Did you try a HRPID1422 from www.sonorastore.com?

http://www.sonorastore.com/510.html

[veryoldschool]

Can you give a sampling of the signal strength from the individual SAT's? It sure sounds like the dish needs to be tweaked slightly. Any LOS issues? Does this happen with all channels, SD, HD, MPEG2, MPEG4?
While the cable runs are a bit long and you're going through splitters along with the multi-switch, if your signal levels off the 99/103 are in the 90+, you should be good.
If they aren't, then I'd look into peaking the dish and then try the Sonora locker as you do have a long run.
There was another member that had to add Sonora amps to his longest runs. Half worked fine but the half that went to the other end of the house [big house] needed a boost.
Baby steps first, but if they don't help then a bit of amplification may be needed as you are around 200'.

[tgater]

While the cable runs are a bit long and you're going through splitters along with the multi-switch, if your signal levels off the 99/103 are in the 90+, you should be good.
If they aren't, then I'd look into peaking the dish and then try the Sonora locker as you do have a long run.
There was another member that had to add Sonora amps to his longest runs. Half worked fine but the half that went to the other end of the house [big house] needed a boost.
Baby steps first, but if they don't help then a bit of amplification may be needed as you are around 200'.

Would the WB616 help at all, maybe clean up the use of spliters and multi switches?

[HDTVsportsfan]

While the cable runs are a bit long and you're going through splitters along with the multi-switch, if your signal levels off the 99/103 are in the 90+, you should be good.
If they aren't, then I'd look into peaking the dish and then try the Sonora locker as you do have a long run.
There was another member that had to add Sonora amps to his longest runs. Half worked fine but the half that went to the other end of the house [big house] needed a boost.
Baby steps first, but if they don't help then a bit of amplification may be needed as you are around 200'.

I didn't realize that was total footage/length. Over 200' is a bit long.

[veryoldschool]

I didn't realize that was total footage/length. Over 200' is a bit long.
Split, switched, and long, but not impossible. :)