Good morning and thanks for the replies, sry for the newbie ques. I have been wondering round this site for days now learning alot bout tv and radio! i have also been searching here and the internet. This is what i have a single directv dish with 3 lnb's, a reciever in the living rm that is hd dvr (genie) and a lil black box in the bedroom. ok so i am trying to get a signal to my shop, the catch is after reading a ton of info still a lil fuzzy. So the cable from the dish to my shop will be about 230 ft, i will run this in a rg11(not rg6 cause i read it helps with the lengh of cable)???? and then right before i place the cable in the conduit heading that direction i was going to place a booster on it then proceed to the reciever in the shop. Does this sound like it would be close to working?? Can anyone advise me on a booster??? Or do i even need a booster?? Thanks for the advise, God bless