H20 install question

I prewired my house while it was built with good quality RG-59 coax with
dual foil/wire shielding, solid copper center back in the late 1980's
My standard dual receiver install has been working fine for 10 years with
this setup. (first gen 1, now gen 5)
The run to the dish from either receiver is no more than 50 feet.

I recently ordered the HD upgrade including new dish and H20 receiver.
Last night I stumbled across a channel on DTV showing installers how to
install this setup.
DirecTV made a big point about using high quality RG-6 coax with special RF
tight connectors due to the wider bandwidth and chance of picking up
interference from local CATV leaks and OTA broadcasters.

Question:

Anyone who recently had an H20 installed, did they run fresh RG-6 coax for
you, did they use existing wiring even if it was RG-59 ?
I'm trying to determine if I should run some conduit out from the sat dish
location, thru the garage and utility room and into the TV area to make it
easy for them to run the coax since the wall of my garage is loaded with
storage junk and the call taker on the phone said they only go thru one wall
and my install will require one exterior wall and two interior walls. Wood
frame stick built house with standard gypsum board walls. no big deal but I
don't want to hear whining and complaining about it from the installer.

Steve

"Steve Stone" wrote in message
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I prewired my house while it was built with good quality RG-59 coax with
dual foil/wire shielding, solid copper center back in the late 1980's

"Good quality" and "RG-59" are now considered mutually exclusive.

"John Galt" wrote:

"Steve Stone" wrote:
I prewired my house while it was built with good quality RG-59 coax with
dual foil/wire shielding, solid copper center back in the late 1980's

"Good quality" and "RG-59" are now considered mutually exclusive.


For satellite IF frquencies, which can range to a little over 2.GHz (in the
case of stacking), that is true because of the greater signal attenuation at
GHz+ frequencies. For cable TV and OTA frequencies in a single-family
dwelling, good RG-59QS, such as Belden's QuadraShield line, works well.
I'm sorry for the nitpick, but I couldn't resist.

*TimDaniels*

On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 18:14:58 GMT, Steve Stone wrote:

I prewired my house while it was built with good quality RG-59 coax with
dual foil/wire shielding, solid copper center back in the late 1980's
My standard dual receiver install has been working fine for 10 years with
this setup. (first gen 1, now gen 5)
The run to the dish from either receiver is no more than 50 feet.

I recently ordered the HD upgrade including new dish and H20 receiver.
Last night I stumbled across a channel on DTV showing installers how to
install this setup.
DirecTV made a big point about using high quality RG-6 coax with special RF
tight connectors due to the wider bandwidth and chance of picking up
interference from local CATV leaks and OTA broadcasters.

Question:

Anyone who recently had an H20 installed, did they run fresh RG-6 coax for
you, did they use existing wiring even if it was RG-59 ?
I'm trying to determine if I should run some conduit out from the sat dish
location, thru the garage and utility room and into the TV area to make it
easy for them to run the coax since the wall of my garage is loaded with
storage junk and the call taker on the phone said they only go thru one wall
and my install will require one exterior wall and two interior walls. Wood
frame stick built house with standard gypsum board walls. no big deal but I
don't want to hear whining and complaining about it from the installer.

Steve

RG6 has a larger conductor than RG59 so it has less attenuation, allowing
it to go longer distances. It also has better shielding, so there is less
chance of interference from outside signals, but this should be less of an
issue with the satellite signal than with a regular TV signal, where local
channels can interfere with cable channels.

I would give it a try and see how it works. Or you can make sure you order
your box with installation and insist on RG6, since that is what is
recommended for satellite.

Brad H