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Help Connecting RG59 Coax
My house was wired with RG-59 coax for tv. The wiring was run in series
with 3 coax in some boxes. Is there any way to make this work or should I just start over? Thanks |
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Help Connecting RG59 Coax
What are you trying to make work,Cable TV,Antenna or Satellite ?
Sounds like a typical installation where you have three cables in on box,you would need to install a splitter (one in and two out ). if you are using you tv at that box you might need a (one in and three out) splitter. "Nick4" wrote in message oups.com... My house was wired with RG-59 coax for tv. The wiring was run in series with 3 coax in some boxes. Is there any way to make this work or should I just start over? Thanks |
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Nick4 wrote:
My house was wired with RG-59 coax for tv. The wiring was run in series with 3 coax in some boxes. Is there any way to make this work or should I just start over? Thanks What's the problem? -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . |
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Dick wrote: What are you trying to make work,Cable TV,Antenna or Satellite ? Sounds like a typical installation where you have three cables in on box,you would need to install a splitter (one in and two out ). if you are using you tv at that box you might need a (one in and three out) splitter. "Nick4" wrote in message oups.com... My house was wired with RG-59 coax for tv. The wiring was run in series with 3 coax in some boxes. Is there any way to make this work or should I just start over? Thanks I am trying to running a signal from satellite tv to the other rooms one problem is that there is limited room in the outlet box for the coax to be connected together and signal strength at the far end is the other issue. |
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Help Connecting RG59 Coax
CJT wrote: Nick4 wrote: My house was wired with RG-59 coax for tv. The wiring was run in series with 3 coax in some boxes. Is there any way to make this work or should I just start over? Thanks What's the problem? -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . A couple of problems, poor signal at the end and limited room in the boxes. |
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Help Connecting RG59 Coax
"Nick4" wrote in message oups.com... CJT wrote: Nick4 wrote: My house was wired with RG-59 coax for tv. The wiring was run in series with 3 coax in some boxes. Is there any way to make this work or should I just start over? Thanks What's the problem? -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . A couple of problems, poor signal at the end and limited room in the boxes. Are you wanting to send the RF output from the satellite box out to the other rooms with the cable, or are you trying to use the cable to get the satellite signal to the satellite box from the dish? If it is the latter, RG59 is not suitable for a 12 gHz satellite signal. The loss is too great for any runs over about 20 feet to be useful. |
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Help Connecting RG59 Coax
If it were me I would start over and run RG6 cable because RG59 does not
work well with satellite signals. "Nick4" wrote in message oups.com... My house was wired with RG-59 coax for tv. The wiring was run in series with 3 coax in some boxes. Is there any way to make this work or should I just start over? Thanks |
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Help Connecting RG59 Coax
Michael Ware wrote: "Nick4" wrote in message oups.com... CJT wrote: Nick4 wrote: My house was wired with RG-59 coax for tv. The wiring was run in series with 3 coax in some boxes. Is there any way to make this work or should I just start over? Thanks What's the problem? -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . A couple of problems, poor signal at the end and limited room in the bo Are you wanting to send the RF output from the satellite box out to the other rooms with the cable, or are you trying to use the cable to get the satellite signal to the satellite box from the dish? If it is the latter, RG59 is not suitable for a 12 gHz satellite signal. The loss is too great for any runs over about 20 feet to be useful. I am sending RF output from the satellite box, the biggest issue is connecting the coax together in the boxes in each of the rooms. I have standard 2X4 boxes with up to 3 coax cables in each which is very crowded, a potential solution could be to tear out the boxes and put in a larger one, I was looking for an easier solution to tying the coax together. |
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Help Connecting RG59 Coax
On 11 Jul 2006 06:32:11 -0700, "Nick4" wrote:
I am sending RF output from the satellite box, the biggest issue is connecting the coax together in the boxes in each of the rooms. I have standard 2X4 boxes with up to 3 coax cables in each which is very crowded, a potential solution could be to tear out the boxes and put in a larger one, I was looking for an easier solution to tying the coax together. What about using 90degree elbow connectors (male to female) inside those boxes, it might give you that extra bit of room to work with. |
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Help Connecting RG59 Coax
"Dick" wrote in message news:JOMsg.7774$aL2.3168@trndny07... If it were me I would start over and run RG6 cable because RG59 does not work well with satellite signals. "Nick4" wrote in message He's just sending the RF out to multiple rooms, not using it for the satellite signal. |
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