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Post 2 made on Friday December 31, 2010 at 19:26
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 I personally unspooled a roll of 1000' RG-6 quad shield and ran it through a huge office Started on the roof, went halfway across the building, down a floor and into an IT closet.  Installed a SWM dish.  No problems.  No amplifer.  No service Call. That was 2 years ago.

Because of the difficult run, I even ended up cutting it about 400' into the line, and placing a barrel coupler on it.

When I was done, I had about 3' left on the spool.  I was actually worried about it before I got there, I took one end of the spool tapped onto the dish, took the other end of the spool,(hanging out of the wood spool) and connected it. Worked no problem. 

I was still worried the entire time I was running.



After reading your thread thoroughly, I was at a job today that had a longer run than 300'...Got HD....(This is a log Cabin in the woods)The DirecTV installer ran the line through the woods to a clearing and mounted the dish on a non penetrating roof mount on the ground(not very bright)...I hooked up to it today.

I have a feeling there's something else going  on..Now if the customer had a bunch of RG-59 in the house, you may have real issues.

I have a feeling you got an installer that doesn't know how to site a dish in, or there is a line of site issue. (trees)


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