Folks,
I'm contemplating ShawDirect for a tough location at a Cabin on Paul Lake (think close to a Mountain) near Kamloops, B.C. I want to take as much risk out of the setup so I won't end up with useless (and expensive) gear like my Brother did with FTA.
One of the neighbors (4 lots away ~ 300 feet?) has ShawDirect so I know it's somewhat possible. He's got his Dish on a 12 foot pole across the road from his house to avoid the mountain / trees. I'm told without it he can't "see" anything. Rumor has it that that's the closest location to our Cabin with a decent "window", but I haven't anything documented.
A couple questions spring to mind. How long a cable run can be done (in case I need to go to the same spot) and when does it need in line amplifiers and/or power up the cable from the House? I'm an Electrician so adding power won't be an issue if needed.
One of my Brothers has gone with ShawDirect and gave me his FTA gear. The gear is ~24 inch eliptical (24" X 18") dish with a 4 position yoke => 91°, 101°, 110°, 119°. The first 3 locations are filled with a Cal Amp Ku LNBFs (part number 150517). These are dual output LNBs, but only one side has a cable connected to it on each LNB going to the Switch. The Switch is a SonicView4X1 DISEqC Switch with 4 inputs (one open) and a single output to the Receiver. The other side of the LNB is not terminated and left open (?). Could this setup be used with a different yoke to get Anik F1 & F2 (107° &111°) ? Is there a better dish than the standard ShawDirect one? I'd like the install (if I go ahead with it) to be rock solid for my Mom.
(The Receiver is a SonicView SV-360 Premier and I don't think it's useful for this application as I'll have to get a ShawDirect account and receiver.)
Now that I look at what I've written it's probably better to just get a total ShawDirect system than muck about trying to get a new yoke fitted to that dish. I see them quite cheap on Craigslist anyway.
Answers to the questions on the Cable run and any alternate (better) dishes would be helpful. Thanks for the assist.
I'm contemplating ShawDirect for a tough location at a Cabin on Paul Lake (think close to a Mountain) near Kamloops, B.C. I want to take as much risk out of the setup so I won't end up with useless (and expensive) gear like my Brother did with FTA.
One of the neighbors (4 lots away ~ 300 feet?) has ShawDirect so I know it's somewhat possible. He's got his Dish on a 12 foot pole across the road from his house to avoid the mountain / trees. I'm told without it he can't "see" anything. Rumor has it that that's the closest location to our Cabin with a decent "window", but I haven't anything documented.
A couple questions spring to mind. How long a cable run can be done (in case I need to go to the same spot) and when does it need in line amplifiers and/or power up the cable from the House? I'm an Electrician so adding power won't be an issue if needed.
One of my Brothers has gone with ShawDirect and gave me his FTA gear. The gear is ~24 inch eliptical (24" X 18") dish with a 4 position yoke => 91°, 101°, 110°, 119°. The first 3 locations are filled with a Cal Amp Ku LNBFs (part number 150517). These are dual output LNBs, but only one side has a cable connected to it on each LNB going to the Switch. The Switch is a SonicView4X1 DISEqC Switch with 4 inputs (one open) and a single output to the Receiver. The other side of the LNB is not terminated and left open (?). Could this setup be used with a different yoke to get Anik F1 & F2 (107° &111°) ? Is there a better dish than the standard ShawDirect one? I'd like the install (if I go ahead with it) to be rock solid for my Mom.
(The Receiver is a SonicView SV-360 Premier and I don't think it's useful for this application as I'll have to get a ShawDirect account and receiver.)
Now that I look at what I've written it's probably better to just get a total ShawDirect system than muck about trying to get a new yoke fitted to that dish. I see them quite cheap on Craigslist anyway.
Answers to the questions on the Cable run and any alternate (better) dishes would be helpful. Thanks for the assist.