Any experts care to answer? @ RG-6

[joey25]

I know they all say use RG-6 cable but my house was wired with rg59.
I hooked it up over 4 yrs ago and my 100+ ft run works fine. Researching I find theat both cable have the same impedance.
so whats the deal?
Joe

 

[Mr Tony]

RG 6 has a larger center conductor and more shielding
Also, RG6 works up to 2200 MHz

 

[joey25]

yes But that does not mean the rg59 wont work.
What kind a DCV is powering the lnb or multiswitch? @6VDC?

 

[Mr Tony]

RG59 will work for Legacy Dish Network equipment, but not DishPro

What are you running (Dish or Direct)?

 

[bcope9]

It's all about shielding and conductor size. If your system is DISH, and you change to dp, RG-59 does not have the freq. range of a good Rg-6. Not all RG-6 is created equal. There's RG-6, good for inside and OTA, RG-6U, sat, OTA and can be buried, then there's RG-6QS, the extra shielding provides more protection from noise, also according to the SBCA, satellite trainers, the coax must be RG-6 60% shield, copper conductor. If your RG-59 is working now it may not much longer, with all the new switch combinations that is just that much more bandwidth needed for everything to function properly.

 

[joey25]

ice berg I have directv
Ive had it for about 4 yrs. over 100ft run. I am surprised i dont have a signal loss.
anyway. thanks

 

[bcope9]

Your having about a 7-15 dB loss of signal per 100' with RG-59. That's one thing that I forgot to mention. RG-6 about 3-6dB.

 

[truckracer]

rg-6 (more bandwidth) less loss

I would recommend that you upgrade to RG-6 U. I even use it for my Over the air antenna. I would never use anything less on any satellite system. The RG-6 QS is the very best. Some folks just don't want to spend a little extra money for it.

On satellite systems that must have long cable runs I even use RG-11. It has a #14 AWG center conductor. Very low loss.

You are definitely losing some signal to the RG-59. During inclimate weather when rain clouds are very tall, you will experience more sat signal outage with the RG-59 as opposed to RG-6.

 

[CablerMN]

RG-6 about 3-6dB.

For sub-1000MHz that is correct, however, the loss accelerates as the frequency gets higher. 8-10dB/100ft is more realistic for DBS applications.