[kornbln]

I'm going to be getting a new dish installed soon (for HD). I'm going to have the dish installed on the opposite side of the house due to LOS issues. Right now my setup is wired with some crappy RG6 quad from Home Depot. I'd like to use some of the existing wire in the attic but that will require about 3 or 4 splices to make it long enough (between having to extend it and breaking the connection at the grounding block). Are the HD signals really much more sensitive? I'd like to have the spot pre-wired for the installer because I don't want anything ran on the outside of the house. I am using the T&B Snap-N-Seal compression fittings and my run is about 75 ft long. If I were to install all brand new cable, which should I get? I was thinking about using some siamese RG6. Do I even need quad?

The cable I'm using is Carol C5785 good for up to 2.3GHz

 

[Mertzen]

Quad shield is almost never used [ and not on any HSPs list]. unless you would go nar anything with heavy RF noise.
3 splices is indeed a lot though and concerns me more then the distance you have. D* requires solid copper conductor but plenty of jobs get done with copper clad steel. If you are replacing it go for the SCC.

 

[houskamp]

I just have the regular rg6 from homedepot.. has worked fine even with 100' run..
Probably best to get rid of those splices tho..

 

[evan_s]

You'd be better off using compression connections and barrel connectors than doing a splice. Just make sure the barrel connectors are rated up to 3ghz.

 

[kornbln]

You'd be better off using compression connections and barrel connectors than doing a splice. Just make sure the barrel connectors are rated up to 3ghz.

That's what I meant when I said a splice.. Should have been more specific. What other way is there to splice? Only other method I know of is a splice made by Thomas & Betts which is basically a double ended compression fitting

page 12 of w w w .tnb.com/pubint/docs/snapnseal.pdf

 

[houskamp]

twist and tape? :lol:

 

[carl6]

twist and tape? :lol:

I've seen it done.

 

[kornbln]

Just as a follow up if this helps anyone - my run worked fine. About 4-5 splices in the CCS cable using the appropriate barrel connectors and I've got HD up and running just fine.

 

[jdspencer]

Depending on where those splices are located, make sure they are weather tight. Those would be the first things to check at the first sign of problems.