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Re: Sky Digital wiring woes
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- Subject: Re: Sky Digital wiring woes
- From: "bquinn123456" <bquinn@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 10:27:59 -0000
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Dave,
Is there anyway I could boost the signal? in case the cable
run is too long?
cheers,
brian Q
--- In ukha_d@y..., "Dave Marley" <dave@d...> wrote:
> > Cable runs from Satellite into the attic where it is joined
with
> > another cable which leads into my wiring closet. That wire
then
> > attaches to one which runs into the sitting room wall outlet.
This is
> > then patched into the digibox... no signal?
> >
> > Tried connecting the digibox into the cable in the wiring
closet...
> > no signal!!
> >
> > I dragged the digibox and TV into the attic (not an easy job)
and
> > connected to the cable coming from the dish... that worked
fine.
> >
> > I have tested the cable run from attic to sitting room and I
am
> > getting continuity!!
>
> How long is the cable in total? When I was setting my dish (80cm)
up, I
> temporarily attached one end of the 100m cable reel to the lnb and
the other
> end to the sky box. I couldn't get a signal at all. I then just
used a 20m
> or so length of cable and the signal was fine.
>
> I presume that the signal would be attenuated a bit by each of the
joins in
> the cable too, so if your cable run is quite long, that may be the
problem.
>
> Dave
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