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Fringe Reception General
The best cable is still a killer so let us get organised
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<blockquote data-quote="canofan" data-source="post: 468257" data-attributes="member: 259756"><p>The best sat cables cause an attenuation of 21db/100m or 6.5db/100ft. The lesser cables vary from 27 to 36db.</p><p>If one uses a 50ft best cable this still represents more than 3db loss.</p><p>If we consider that 3db is the extra gain obtained from doubling the surface of the dish which is increasing the dish with a factor of square root of 2 which is 1.414. A 1.2m should be replaced with a 1.7m to compensate for this loss.</p><p>An alternate way to compensate losses is to insert line amplifiers.</p><p>The usual cheap line amplifiers on the market are useless.</p><p>One has to use the specialised ones used for communal distribution; unfortunately this requires the use of quattro LNB's and multiswitches, so, motorised solutions are excluded.</p><p>The SAX-44 (MSV 44) from Satrix amplifies the 4 polarities and gives a gain of 9.5db. It is best installed near the dish, and therefore requires weatherproof housing. </p><p>Some multiswitches cause 0db insertion loss. Like the PMSE 9/8 HQ T NT.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="canofan, post: 468257, member: 259756"] The best sat cables cause an attenuation of 21db/100m or 6.5db/100ft. The lesser cables vary from 27 to 36db. If one uses a 50ft best cable this still represents more than 3db loss. If we consider that 3db is the extra gain obtained from doubling the surface of the dish which is increasing the dish with a factor of square root of 2 which is 1.414. A 1.2m should be replaced with a 1.7m to compensate for this loss. An alternate way to compensate losses is to insert line amplifiers. The usual cheap line amplifiers on the market are useless. One has to use the specialised ones used for communal distribution; unfortunately this requires the use of quattro LNB's and multiswitches, so, motorised solutions are excluded. The SAX-44 (MSV 44) from Satrix amplifies the 4 polarities and gives a gain of 9.5db. It is best installed near the dish, and therefore requires weatherproof housing. Some multiswitches cause 0db insertion loss. Like the PMSE 9/8 HQ T NT. [/QUOTE]
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