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Help with swicher box please
Is there a reasonable switcher box where I can switch between two dishes (at least twin cables) and what would be the lose if any do you think?
If they are both tuned to the same satelite can you see any problems with the foxsat seeing them? Thanks Dave |
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Is there a reasonable switcher box where I can switch between two dishes (at least twin cables) and what would be the lose if any do you think?
If they are both tuned to the same satelite can you see any problems with the foxsat seeing them? Thanks Dave |
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Is there a reasonable switcher box where I can switch between two dishes (at least twin cables) and what would be the lose if any do you think?
If they are both tuned to the same satelite can you see any problems with the foxsat seeing them? Thanks Dave http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MANUAL-A-B-SAT...1%7C240%3A1318 Can't see why you would want two dishes pointing at the same satellite though. |
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One of these for each cable should work OK.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MANUAL-A-B-SAT...1%7C240%3A1318 Can't see why you would want two dishes pointing at the same satellite though. ![]() So, the one and only thing that she loves is her TV, every thing else I just get away with murder. I can buy cars cameras etc and nothing puts her out BUT!! if that tv plays up then I`ve crossed the line I talked her into a Humax foxsat and now she has it you would get that remote only out of her cold dead hand![]() I have it set up on a sky mini dish with quad lnb and it works fine (in good weather) but just imagine what would happen when I`m about to order my new toy (camera, hi-fi etc) and bad weather blows in So, I have a 60Cm dish set up at the other end of the house wall still facing south,(it`s my experimenter dish that I always reset when finished playing) nice and sheltered and it runs my Fortec Star(one year old) what I am going to do is run a length of WF100 to near the back of the TV as my back up(I must have the back up to get my toys ![]() I suppose I could just have one of these plates nearby Four Way Earth Bond Plate http://www.satcure.co.uk/accs/page7.htm with patch leads at the ready (hell of a job to pull everything out) so that I could just quickly switch to the other dish (don`t care if an asteroid takes the corner of the house out as long as the tv is still intack ![]() Now reading more it seems like the lose on a switch might negate the gain from a 60Cm dish with a fairly long run so just having the leads at the ready on the above might be the answer? I could always practise and might become the Guiness book of record holder for connecting 2 x F plugs ![]() Thats it (we each have our cross to bear) Dave |
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Well, I have a wife that is 100% (rare I know but this my second attempt and being older I knew just who to choose
![]() So, the one and only thing that she loves is her TV, every thing else I just get away with murder. I can buy cars cameras etc and nothing puts her out BUT!! if that tv plays up then I`ve crossed the line I talked her into a Humax foxsat and now she has it you would get that remote only out of her cold dead hand![]() I have it set up on a sky mini dish with quad lnb and it works fine (in good weather) but just imagine what would happen when I`m about to order my new toy (camera, hi-fi etc) and bad weather blows in So, I have a 60Cm dish set up at the other end of the house wall still facing south,(it`s my experimenter dish that I always reset when finished playing) nice and sheltered and it runs my Fortec Star(one year old) what I am going to do is run a length of WF100 to near the back of the TV as my back up(I must have the back up to get my toys ![]() I suppose I could just have one of these plates nearby Four Way Earth Bond Plate http://www.satcure.co.uk/accs/page7.htm with patch leads at the ready (hell of a job to pull everything out) so that I could just quickly switch to the other dish (don`t care if an asteroid takes the corner of the house out as long as the tv is still intack ![]() Now reading more it seems like the lose on a switch might negate the gain from a 60Cm dish with a fairly long run so just having the leads at the ready on the above might be the answer? I could always practise and might become the Guiness book of record holder for connecting 2 x F plugs ![]() Thats it (we each have our cross to bear) Dave |
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Yeh ! probably the easiest and cheapest way to go, I have plenty of couplers.
WF100 twin should be fine over 15-20 Mtrs or is the single cable slightly thicker and better? Dave |
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According to this page the minimum switch loss would be 4dB:
http://www.satcure.co.uk/accs/page1b.htm#switch That's probably only going to be a problem when your reception is really borderline. However, I believe in K.I.S.S. The less there is to go wrong, the better! |
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Yeh ! probably the easiest and cheapest way to go, I have plenty of couplers.
WF100 twin should be fine over 15-20 Mtrs or is the single cable slightly thicker and better? Dave |
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Thanks for replies
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I talked her into a Humax foxsat and now she has it you would get that remote only out of her cold dead hand