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Doing a small job for a member of the family, and they asked me to install 4 coax lines into their living room. What would be the best way to do this and make it look all clean once its done.
I know they don't make wall plates with 4 coax holes, so I thought I would use these plates that are used with plasma installations to fish the A/V cables... take a look
That way all 4 coax cables can be fed cleanly.
What would be the best way to drill the 4 coax from side of the house --> thru the wall directly into the living room wall?
Perhaps I can get some tips from actual Satellite installers here??
Thanks in advance.
BTW: Why 4 coax cables?
1 for Directv
1 for OTA antenna
1 for FTA dish
1 for Future hookup (when needed)
I know they don't make wall plates with 4 coax holes, so I thought I would use these plates that are used with plasma installations to fish the A/V cables... take a look
That way all 4 coax cables can be fed cleanly.
What would be the best way to drill the 4 coax from side of the house --> thru the wall directly into the living room wall?
Perhaps I can get some tips from actual Satellite installers here??
Thanks in advance.
BTW: Why 4 coax cables?
1 for Directv
1 for OTA antenna
1 for FTA dish
1 for Future hookup (when needed)
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Are the FTA dish mounted on the house, or in ground? If in ground, it generally violates code to just bring the wires in through the wall at random, you're supposed to bring the wires in where the house power comes in.
This sort of thing would never bother me, which is obvious to anyone who's seen the pictures of the wires coming into my house, but it might be important to someone trying to do things like an installer would.
Now ME, on one side of my house I drilled about a 2.5 to 3" hole in the wall with a hole saw, and slipped a short section of PVC pipe through the hole so it fit tightly, and that gave me roome for some ribbon cable, several runs of RG6 (for scanners), and several runs of RG-8 (for ham radios), and some RG58 for an external GPS antenna. On the other side of the house, I did the same PVC pipe thing, and brought in 2 runs of ribbon cable, some Cat-5 cable, and about 5 runs of RG6, all for sat dishes. Obviously not very "neat", but just wanted to show the 2 extremes, 1, following the NEC code, and one doing it the sloppy way.
Are the FTA dish mounted on the house, or in ground? If in ground, it generally violates code to just bring the wires in through the wall at random, you're supposed to bring the wires in where the house power comes in.
This sort of thing would never bother me, which is obvious to anyone who's seen the pictures of the wires coming into my house, but it might be important to someone trying to do things like an installer would.
Now ME, on one side of my house I drilled about a 2.5 to 3" hole in the wall with a hole saw, and slipped a short section of PVC pipe through the hole so it fit tightly, and that gave me roome for some ribbon cable, several runs of RG6 (for scanners), and several runs of RG-8 (for ham radios), and some RG58 for an external GPS antenna. On the other side of the house, I did the same PVC pipe thing, and brought in 2 runs of ribbon cable, some Cat-5 cable, and about 5 runs of RG6, all for sat dishes. Obviously not very "neat", but just wanted to show the 2 extremes, 1, following the NEC code, and one doing it the sloppy way.
Good advise.. I will do it just like you said it, see how it goes.
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Patrick Stewart died yesterday, October 28th at the age of 86. We lost yet another great actor. 
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Patrick Stewart, ‘Star Trek’ Captain and ‘X-Men’ Superhero, Dies at 86
He’s forever known for playing Jean-Luc Picard and Charles Xavier, whom he “admired for their morality, for their kindness, for their sensitivity, for their compassion.”
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Since the Reds have there thread we should too!
Last watched Nine inch Nails
Next 3:10 to Yuma
Last watched Nine inch Nails
Next 3:10 to Yuma
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Last of the Dogmen is my favorite of hers.
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Good...simple humor. Enjoy
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It states the average amount they are under water is OVER $7,000. 
Personally, I tend to be the type that drives a vehicle for a lot of years....do my own oil changes and other fluid changes. Just replaced the spark plugs and a couple coils. Youtube is great for things like this.
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Personally, I tend to be the type that drives a vehicle for a lot of years....do my own oil changes and other fluid changes. Just replaced the spark plugs and a couple coils. Youtube is great for things like this.
Nearly 3 In 10 New-Car Trade-Ins Are Underwater, Edmunds Finds<!-- --> | ZeroHedge
ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
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For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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When I heard about this exploit I was wondering how quick you would be on it.
12 minutes after the patch was release I had it patched.When I heard about this exploit I was wondering how quick you would be on it.
OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!
Aww- nevermind.
Aww- nevermind.
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Apple Fall Hardware Event takes place today, September 9, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET. It marks the debut of new CEO John Ternus and the expected reveal of Apple's first foldable phone.
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when was the last time they innovated something
I'd probably say when they came up with their M-series of processors with integrated memory. That allowed Apple to get away from the inefficient Intel CPUs that were limiting their notebook computers.when was the last time they innovated something
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The TPN Map Excel Presents all DIRECTV Channels:
Understanding the TPN Map
Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions
National (50-States or wide/NAT+PR beams)
Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)
Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)
Additional tabs provide:
OTA the (Over-The-Air) Database
VOD (Video On_Demand) Records
Offline Records
Engr Records
Net Decoder a graphic presentation of all satellites and transponders
VOD (Video On_Demand) Records
Offline Records
Engr Records
Net Decoder a graphic presentation of all satellites and transponders
Domestic Satellites
@99W...... D11, D14
@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
@110W.... D5
@119W.... D8
@99W...... D11, D14
@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
@110W.... D5
@119W.... D8
Understanding the TPN Map
Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions
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Over the past few weeks, I have had problems connecting to streaming services (Netflix, HBO et al). When I go to the TV's native Channels, I have no problem. The Dish internet troubleshooter shows I have a good internet connection. I'm wondering whether it's an issue with my internet provider or a problem with the Dish software on the Hopper Plus. Anyone else seeing this?
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Starting a thread klang !
After an amazing first 2 seasons and an 8 episode 3rd season still coming this year, season 4 has now been greenlit.
After an amazing first 2 seasons and an 8 episode 3rd season still coming this year, season 4 has now been greenlit.
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