Longest cable run

[smitbret]

I'm getting D* with Whole Home DVR installed on Wednesday and I prefer to do most of the cabling myself, mostly for cosmetic reasons. A couple of the runs to the individual rooms are looking to be a bit over 100 feet from the central switch. I'm using a good RG6 Quad Shield and was wondering what would be the longest run I could make without creating a problem.

 

[kjlued]

They say 125 feet total for SWM, but I think there is some wiggle room in that.

You should be fine unless the dish has to be way away from the house. How clear is your southern exposure?

 

[smitbret]

It's good and clear. The downlead from the Dish will probably be about 30-40 feet at the most. It's the leads going to some of the rooms that will be closer to 100 feet. If 125 feet is the recommendation, then I should be fine, it won't get that long.

 

[kjlued]

I would think even at 150 ft you will be fine especially if you are using a good quality solid copper 3ghz RG6.

I highly doubt they rate the system footage without reasonable cushion.

If you are prepping all this yourself, a good program to get if you have a capable smart phone would be the dishpointer software.
It will give you a good idea of places to put the dish.
If your utilities have a southern exposure then it make take less then 10feet of cable from dish to ground.