Satellite Cabling

[snowy66]

Hello,

I am looking at installing a new twin cable for my satellite box and was wondering if someone could advise what make of cable is best?

Webro

Triax RG59


Thanks in advance.

 

[Trev]

Triax RG59??? Strange choice.
Webro WF100 is highly acclaimed as being probably the best. Info found here
How long is the run from dish to sat box?

 

[snowy66]

Hi

The cable run is 15m.

Out of interest why do you say the Triax RG59 is a strange choice? Is it an older cable and not as good as the Webro one?

 

[prpr]

RG59 has a lot more loss, especially at the top end of the band (2150MHz for satellite) than either RG6 or WF100.
You will probably get away with it over a short run with a decent amount of gain in the LNB.
Most of the cost of doing a job commercially is in time not cable, so it makes no sense to skimp on the cable, which is effectively what you are doing.

 

[snowy66]

Hi,
Sorry I meant to say I was looking at the Triax TX59 Twin Cable.

How does that one look?

 

[Luke]

Why are you looking at a TX59?

 

[Trev]

Probably because it's thinner than WF100?

 

[grahamlthompson]

Probably because it's thinner than WF100?

So is Webro WF65. WF65 shotgun will go through a hole drilled for a single 100 grade coax. If the connections are not much more than 10M, WF65 shotgun should be fine.