I'm in a bit of a quandry here and my brain's not functioning full speed so please bear with me...
We are in the process of moving from house #1 which is sold, to house #2. I have E* installed at house #1.
House #2 has (a pair of) RG6 quad shield pulled to where I want the dishes mounted. Cables are not terminated. I have extra length not trimmed off as I wasn't exactly sure how they'd tie into my cables. House #2 is only 2 streets over from house #1 (we like the area) so I know I'll be getting 2 dishes (110/119 and 61.5)
Lately I'm hearing that Dish's "approved" connectors are for RG6 (not quad) and I don't want some schmuck bastardizing my cables to jam the RG6 connectors on.
To complicate matters, I've just found out I'm going to need another ankle surgery...kind of a big one... and will be hospitalized a few days and out of work for 13 weeks minimum. I won't be mobile enough to go out and terminate my own cables after they cut them to length.
Should I terminate them and let them couple into them and then just shorten my cables as needed later (like.... November)? Or should I hand the guy my RG6QS strippers, compression fittings and compression tool and say, "Please use these" ?
Might be easier to just call and get the move done a couple weeks early, do without satellite at house #1 and get it hooked up at house #2 before I go into the hospital....
sheeeesh....
opinions?
We are in the process of moving from house #1 which is sold, to house #2. I have E* installed at house #1.
House #2 has (a pair of) RG6 quad shield pulled to where I want the dishes mounted. Cables are not terminated. I have extra length not trimmed off as I wasn't exactly sure how they'd tie into my cables. House #2 is only 2 streets over from house #1 (we like the area) so I know I'll be getting 2 dishes (110/119 and 61.5)
Lately I'm hearing that Dish's "approved" connectors are for RG6 (not quad) and I don't want some schmuck bastardizing my cables to jam the RG6 connectors on.
To complicate matters, I've just found out I'm going to need another ankle surgery...kind of a big one... and will be hospitalized a few days and out of work for 13 weeks minimum. I won't be mobile enough to go out and terminate my own cables after they cut them to length.
Should I terminate them and let them couple into them and then just shorten my cables as needed later (like.... November)? Or should I hand the guy my RG6QS strippers, compression fittings and compression tool and say, "Please use these" ?
Might be easier to just call and get the move done a couple weeks early, do without satellite at house #1 and get it hooked up at house #2 before I go into the hospital....
sheeeesh....
opinions?
