inline amp question

[heathercar]

i have a verry long cable run from my sat dish which is about 60 meters.
it is relly old cable 20 years but its in side. my land lord says i have to use it and that i can not put any more outside or in side.
ok i want to use it for sat and a tv aerial signal.
i have looked about and i have been told to put an in line amp in the attic where the sat cable comes through .which can be powered by the lnb . then i put a dip2 just after the amp then i put an aerial in the attic and run a cable from the aerial into the dip 2 as it as a sat input as well as an aerial input then the dip 2 will send both signals down the 1 cable
then i put a diplex soket on my wall ,
. my problem is this i have only seen inline amps which operate at higher frequencies than aerial frequencies i dont know if it will work does any one know if it will.

 

[rolfw]

If the cable in the house is 20 years old, then it is unlikely to be satellite grade and even using a line amp will probably be unsuccessful.

If you only use the line amp on the satellite feed, then it doesn't need to handle terrestrial UHF frequencies, you can use a separate amplifier for that side.

 

[heathercar]

hi thanks i dont have an elecric socket it the attic can i not just amplifie both sat signal and tv signal down the 1 cable with he inline amp i have to do it this way as i have 2 cable coming down the wall and i need both of them for my sly hd box so i have to share one of the cables with my sat signal

 

[rolfw]

Use a UHF masthead amplifier on the non-satellite side, you need the DIP2 DC for this.

_http://www.globalcom.co.uk/accesories/dips.html

 

[heathercar]

ok could you eplain this method for me on how you would do it please

 

[rolfw]

Nothing to explain, just put the masthead amplifier on the UHF leg and the IF line amplifier on the satellite leg.

 

[heathercar]

and then do both those legs go into the dip 2 dc and then down the 1 cable with out causing interference and what diplex socket would u recomend please

 

[heathercar]

i forgot to mention that both the sat signal and tv signal have to be amped
so i will be putting 2 inline amps on so il be using 1 of them lines as well to put the masthead amp on where should i put the masthead amp .
befor the inline amp after the inline amp or after the dip2 dc

 

[heathercar]

i think i get what you mean tell me if im wrong.
put an inline amp on the cable coming from the dish then put that cable into the dip 2 .
put an masthead amp from the cable coming from the aerial then put that in to the dip 2 dc.

 

[rolfw]

Yes, that's correct.

 

[heathercar]

thankyou your a diomond i may be able to get an electric socket in the attic
but just in case i can not what diplex subscriber outlet plate would you use.
have you ever used this method your self and did it work

 

[rolfw]

Any diplexed or triplexed outlet will be fine, yes I have and it works fine, although I haven't had cause to use an IF line amp in that scenario, as I would normally simply increase the dish size..

 

[heathercar]

i had thought a bout a bigger dish but my landlord will only let me use a 45 cm.
but i thought even with a biger dish the signal would have a problem driving down an old cable 1 of the cable is new nad im goi to use that 1 for sat and tv .
i hope it works as its giving me such a head acce have you got any handy tips befor i go please

 

[rolfw]

You say in your profile that you have a 75cm dish.

 

[heathercar]

that s my buisness apartment here i spend most of my time .
i have a cracking setup there

 

[heathercar]

have you been giving me advice on my motorised set up because this is fo a sly hd box

 

[rolfw]

No, I was answering specific questions.

A Sky HD box requires two feeds, so you are going to have a problem with a single cable.

 

[heathercar]

no theres 2 cables coming down the wall from the attic 1 is new 1 is old.
that was why i was unsure about what outlet soket to use to power the masthead amp . on that basis is all what have suggested still likely to work