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Replacing coax in RV camper etc??

I have a few questions about re-doing some things in my parents 1980's Wenebego RV.....

I would like to make it satelite ready & someone said I needed to put in a diferent grade of coax... is thee a easy way to rplace the cable withour tearing apart the walls. There are 2 wall jacks. It has an antenna on the roof.

How could I have it work on the antenna or the satelite? Is this a huge project?

Also... I am replacing the old cassette/am/fm radio with a cd/mp3 reciver... do I need any special brackets... how hard would it be to put speaker in the back & wire them to the new reciever?

Thanks in advance for any help here!

Reply to
tunereye
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Reply to
Jumpster Jiver

I'd leave the existing antenna and coax for use with local reception, and add the satellite receiver and antenna with a separate cable. Should be easier than removing the old cable and you'll get additional functionality.

Reply to
Travis Jordan

With such a short length of existing (lower grade) coax, the losses may be acceptable to a satellite system. However, switching between a Yagi-type antenna and the dish on the roof is more complicated than switching inside the RV, therefore I would also recommend running a separate coax cable to the roof for the dish.

Two separate feeds from the roof; a satellite receiver box; then use a simple A-B RF switch with 'F' connectors at the input to the TV to select between the satellite receiver and the Yagi-type TV antenna.

Reply to
tlbs

I think most satellite receivers today have a separate antenna input for OTA reception.

Reply to
Travis Jordan

When you say there is an antenna on the roof, I presume you mean that there is one of the old Winegard-type crank-up over-the-air VHF/UHF TV antennas. You want to add a dish somewhere. If this is correct, the next question is, where do you plan to put the satellite dish? Many people have good luck using a portable ground-mount dish. Small, light, easy to set up on a small tripod, easy to adjust the aiming. And you can run the wire wherever it is convenient. Dish Network and (what's the other one?) both offer easy setup ground mounts.

A hard-mounted roof dish is a PITA to add to an existing vehicle.

Bill

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Bill Jeffrey

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