Sky / Sat cable question

[funinthesun]

I need to run a new cable from the dish to a new room so i can install sky multi room ( and im certainly not letting the sky 'engineer' run it).

can anyone let me know the cable spec / type i need to use ?

thanks all.

[theboyfold]

WF100 or WF125 and the connector you need is F-Type, give me a shout if you need anything else

[funinthesun]

theboyfold said:

WF100 or WF125 and the connector you need is F-Type, give me a shout if you need anything else

fantastic - thanks - which of the two is best to use? its only about a 15m run, so would one suite better?

then i assume the sky chap will just turn up and connect the ends up and off we go...

[Plotloss]

CT100 grade.

Which comes in many flavours.

WF100, PF100 all sorts.

[theboyfold]

Doesn't really matter, I think the number refers to the core size (Could be wrong though) Everything we run is 125, which works a treat.

You don't even need the sky man, just pop to Maplins and get a couple of F-Type connectors, wack them on either end and you are off and running!

[Plotloss]

15m you'll be fine with 100, 125 is a bit thicker, lower attenuation so can be run further.

TBF are you a sat engineer then?

[funinthesun]

will also be running to another location some time which will require about a 60m run....is the loss in signal too great over this distance?, would it need a booster or something similar?

[theboyfold]

I'm not, but have just gone through the pain of moving to a new office and we installed 3 dishes, the largest being a 3.4m driven jobbie. So I've learnt a little bit about have, have been in broadcast technology for about 14 years so lots of the logic translates.

[Plotloss]

theboyfold said:

I'm not, but have just gone through the pain of moving to a new office and we installed 3 dishes, the largest being a 3.4m driven jobbie. So I've learnt a little bit about have, have been in broadcast technology for about 14 years so lots of the logic translates.

Ahh I see.

Reason for question was we dont do dishes/aerials and I saw you were in Berks so thought there could be an opportunity, no bother.

[theboyfold]

Plotloss said:

theboyfold said:

I'm not, but have just gone through the pain of moving to a new office and we installed 3 dishes, the largest being a 3.4m driven jobbie. So I've learnt a little bit about have, have been in broadcast technology for about 14 years so lots of the logic translates.

Ahh I see.

Reason for question was we dont do dishes/aerials and I saw you were in Berks so thought there could be an opportunity, no bother.

Are you looking for a sat installer to do some work for you?

[Plotloss]

Comes up quite regularly, need someone reliable, which has proven tricky, so if you have someone in mind in Berks, drop me a line.

[theboyfold]

Plotloss said:

Comes up quite regularly, need someone reliable, which has proven tricky, so if you have someone in mind in Berks, drop me a line.

Drop me a line with what you need, what type of stuff that comes up and I'll have a work with some guys I know.

[Plotloss]

theboyfold said:

Plotloss said:

Comes up quite regularly, need someone reliable, which has proven tricky, so if you have someone in mind in Berks, drop me a line.

Drop me a line with what you need, what type of stuff that comes up and I'll have a work with some guys I know.

No trouble.