wiring help needed

[bnewt]

adding an addition to the house & they are having to remove the dish that is mounted to the chimney
when I have it remounted can the cable be spliced or will a new cable have to be run
I was hoping that I wouldn't have to go thru this saga, but should have know I would
Instead of remounting on the chimney, can the dish just be mounted on a pole in the yard?

 

[TheKrell]

You lose a little bit of signal every time you go through a barrel, but I think it might tolerate that. How long is the run, total?

Yes, you can mount the dish to a pole in your yard, but that needs trenching to run the cable underground.

 

[bnewt]

The total run is probably 30' or so
If I set the dish on a pole, it will be in a little l shaped nook.
I would just drill a hole thru the foundation into the crawl space where it is run now
My main worry was splicing the cable, since I already have rain fade problems or so it seems to me.

 

[arlo]

Coax is fairly cheap and if you use compression connectors the tool is pretty fair also.
If you splice the cable you're still going to need the tool to do the terminations.
All of the amplification is done in the LNB. So rain fade usually isn't a cable issue unless you're running at the limit of a run. 30' shouldn't be an issue.

 

[bnewt]

thanks for the help

 

[TheKrell]

I already have rain fade problems or so it seems to me.

Probably poorly tweaked dish.