Maximum Length and Type of Coaxial Cable for 200m Run to Echostar 717 Receiver

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Hello. I'm new to the subject and I have a problem: what can be the maximum length of the antenna cable (coaxial) between the converter (a twin for two decoders will be used) and the satellite receiver (Echostar 717)? For such a connection I need approximately 200 m of cable. If possible, what cable should I buy and possibly what signal amplifier? Thanks in advance for any advice, suggestions, etc. Regards
PS Buying a second antenna is not an option.

matn__ · Answer

From what I recently read in satellite advice, it was written that up to approx. 100m.

Anonymous · Answer

Will you be receiving the signal from the other end of the village? :D If the cable is of very good quality, you will have a voltage drop after reception. So the use of an amplifier is necessary.

xE5150 · Answer

Hello. You can always use fiber optic cable and adapt the installations. Optical converter + virtual optical converter. Regards!

p3st · Answer

Fiber optic installation has astronomical costs.
On the other hand, if you want to lay 200 meters of coaxial cable, it must be a high-quality cable (and x 2), which is also quite expensive.

100 meters of cable is not a "competitive" length, but at 200 meters... Buy a "higher-end" cable and see if it will be able to deliver the signal.
One more important thing: the best amplifier is a large dish. That is, if you are about 60 - 70 cm. it is necessary to replace it with at least 90 cm.

pasc · Answer

Hmm...

And one more fundamental question, or maybe a few questions?!

These 200 meters of cable will be "pulled"... in cottages, on poles, on the ground, underground or maybe a mix of everything?! Because honestly, at 100 meters there is a signal and voltage drop like hell... I suspect that at 200 meters the installation and whoever hung it, buried it or whatever else will go to hell...

Special cable, copper with proper (double, triple insulation), gel-coated, smoked black... simply space technologies :D

Greetings

ps: and this equipment for which my "friend" wants to commit financial harakiri... Echostar DSB-717 hehe... you know what you have

Tomasz73 · Answer

It all depends on the attenuation of the cable and the energy gain of the antenna.
Recently I had to drag 100mb

I used the TRIAX TD110 antenna, I chose the Greek VECTOR CU410 TRISHELD cable, the N-Ki cable was connected and the result was a signal strength of 79%, quality of 100% :D

cable laid in the ground in a special corrugated pipe resistant to bending.

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