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Re: Re: Can I?




Keith Doxey wrote:

> Think I misinterpreted the quation as "Can I put 2 boxes on my
cable"
> rather that what I now believe is "Can I have two possible
locations
> for the same box"


:-)

>
> If you want one of two locations you need to patch the cable to the
> current location. Splitting it without any termination on the end of
> a cable would result in reflections corrupting the signal.



You could make a rudimentary patch panel with a few f-type connectors,
and just switch the incoming dish feed over to the other bit o' cable
when you move the box...

Jim



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