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Duck69:
Does it matter how long the RG-6 cable is ? Is there a limit on length ?
I'm asking this, because my house is only 1 story but very oddly shaped.
Also the Garage is about 100+ feet away. with the metal doors facing the house.
I will be using an antenna from WGL.
Would it be better to mount it in the attic or on an outside wall high up ?
Also, is it possible to add a splitter and have 2 antennas. 1 antenna in the attic for the house and the other outside for the garage ?
Would this even work ?
Jim

steven r:
Well yes and no.
How are you using the RG-6 cable? Cable? Satellite? Air signal? Other?
There will be some signal loss for each foot of distance. Also there will be signal loss everytime you split the signal. As a general rule its best to split as close to the source as possible. Also if you need to use a signal amplipher do it before splitting the signal.

I don't have the experience to know in advance what will happen in your case but good luck. I expect others will post more help.

steven r:

--- Quote from: Otis69 on June 01, 2006, 11:08:13 AM ---...I'll be using the RG-6 to attach the CM15A mod to the antenna.

--- End quote ---
Sorry I'm familiar with that mod so I'll have to defer to someone else. Good luck I'll keep any eye on the discussion. Maybe I'll learn something else here.

Duck69:
Steven R,
You can find the mod here:

http://www.accessha.com/howto_fconnector_page1.html

Jim

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