Hello,
I am a long time DTV customer that is looking to upgrade a standard install to HD. Currently the dish is mounted on the chimney, which is at the opposite end of the house from the main receiver (about 75' of cable between the main receiver and the current point of entry). The house is surrounded by trees so I am afraid that I am going to lose LOS with the current dish mount.
I think that I will need to move the dish to a pole mount in the front yard to make sure that I have a clean LOS in the future. In order to clear the trees I will have somewhere between 115' and 150' of cable run between the dish and the current house entry point, depending on where exactly I place the dish. In this configuration I think that I would have about 230-240' of cable between the dish and the main receiver.
Will this work? I plan on having the pole already set and plumb. I am also planning on digging the trench myself.
Looking at this site, I would think that I am looking at a SWiM setup. From what I understand I am lookig at one wire from the dish to the house entry. My thought was that I would place the splitter(?) at the house entry. Do I understand this correctly?
Thanks in advance
I am a long time DTV customer that is looking to upgrade a standard install to HD. Currently the dish is mounted on the chimney, which is at the opposite end of the house from the main receiver (about 75' of cable between the main receiver and the current point of entry). The house is surrounded by trees so I am afraid that I am going to lose LOS with the current dish mount.
I think that I will need to move the dish to a pole mount in the front yard to make sure that I have a clean LOS in the future. In order to clear the trees I will have somewhere between 115' and 150' of cable run between the dish and the current house entry point, depending on where exactly I place the dish. In this configuration I think that I would have about 230-240' of cable between the dish and the main receiver.
Will this work? I plan on having the pole already set and plumb. I am also planning on digging the trench myself.
Looking at this site, I would think that I am looking at a SWiM setup. From what I understand I am lookig at one wire from the dish to the house entry. My thought was that I would place the splitter(?) at the house entry. Do I understand this correctly?
Thanks in advance