Longest cable run from dish to receiver

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thisBUDsforyou

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I'm worried trees may block line of sight from my roof to some of the sats. Suppose that turns out to be the case and I find a good spot but it's 100' back from the house. Then there might be another 25-50' of cable inside the house to the box. Can I have a coax run of 125-150' and still have enough signal?
 

gabshere

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you should be fine i have a 100 ft & 150 ft run with no problems just use quality coax probably quad shielded. also for longer runs try not to have any breaks as it creates more signal loss.
 

lumpkin666

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150ft of quality RG6 with quality compression fittings and connectors should work fine. Many have gone nearly double that distance with good equipment and have no significant issues.
 

Mr Tony

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I run approx 175 feet on one setup with very little signal loss. Good RG6 and compression connectors will help :)
 

Tron

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Another good idea for extra long runs is to use RG-11. Downside is the cable and connectors are considerably more expensive and harder to find, and most standard compression tools won't work with them.
 
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