| [GMCnet] Fun days [message #259073] |
Sat, 16 August 2014 19:31  |
glwgmc
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Hi Ken,
We have used the Wineguard carry out with good success for several years. First with Directv (ugh!) and now with Dish. With Directv we only got the low def programming. With dish we get HD, locals (a call away anywhere we have been) and premiums like college march madness when we want them. The carryout finds the sats quickly and automatically move between the two sats used by dish so you never need to be concerned with which sat carries the programming you want. Highly recommended.
One suggestion, be sure the coax you are using is RG6 which has a larger copper wire so it can properly carry the 12vdc needed by the sat finder when placed remotely from the coach.
Jerry
Jerry Work
The Dovetail Joint
Fine furniture designed & hand crafted
in the 1907 former Masonic Temple building
in historic Kerby, OR
http://jerrywork.com
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Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 13:12:05 -0400
From: Ken Henderson
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Fun Days
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Well, I had a little more fun this morning. Got in the coach that wouldn't
run last evening. Turned the key and drove it back into the shelter! I've
got a new fuel pump coming.
Then I tackled the Tailgater again. I moved it to the eastern side of our
yard to get a line of sight over the tall trees to the west. After several
attempts, I finally got satellites 110* and 119*, but still no 129*.
I've since learned that Winegard makes a similar antenna, the Pathway X2,
which DOES work with both the eastern and western arc satellite arrays.
(NOT the Pathway X1, which also gets only the western arc.) It's
Jerry & Sharon Work
78 Royale
Kerby, OR
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| Re: [GMCnet] Fun days [message #259086 is a reply to message #259073] |
Sat, 16 August 2014 22:27  |
Ken Henderson
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Location: Americus, GA
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Thanks, Jerry,
Glad to receive a good report on the Winegard.
The Tailgater documentation also emphasizes the RG-6 -- for up to 200'.
Ken
On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 8:31 PM, Gerald Work wrote:
> Hi Ken,
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> We have used the Wineguard carry out with good success for several years.
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Highly recommended.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Fun days [message #259226 is a reply to message #259073] |
Mon, 18 August 2014 08:42 |
jhbridges
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It ain't the current carrying capacity - the dish doesn't pull that much - it's the lower loss of RG-6 relative to RG-59. 200' of RG6 will attenuate about 4dB at 100MHz, while RG-59 will lose nearly 10dB. If you have a 5-6dB fade margin, the one will work and the other will not. As the frequency increases the difference in loss accellerates, it isn't linear with RG-59.
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/3408
--johnny
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
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| Re: [GMCnet] Fun days [message #259271 is a reply to message #259226] |
Mon, 18 August 2014 17:53 |
stick miller
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Location: Americus, Georgia
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Johnny Bridges wrote on Mon, 18 August 2014 09:42It ain't the current carrying capacity - the dish doesn't pull that much - it's the lower loss of RG-6 relative to RG-59. 200' of RG6 will attenuate about 4dB at 100MHz, while RG-59 will lose nearly 10dB. If you have a 5-6dB fade margin, the one will work and the other will not. As the frequency increases the difference in loss accellerates, it isn't linear with RG-59.
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/3408
--johnny
What he said....
Stick Miller
'78 Royale - "White Trash" - she left me for another man
'76 Eleganza - "Cousin Eddie" Sold
'84 Bluebird Wanderlodge - "Past Tents"
Americus, GA
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