Questions about: Vision V60 -100 In-Line Amplifier
Question:
where is the corect position to fit the amp as i am losing signal in bad weather due to my dish being 3o metres from the reciever
Response
An amplifier won`t compensate for a weak signal at the dish, it can`t create a signal where there isn`t one.
It can certainly make up for loss in a long cable run, in which case you need to put it at the dish end, or in the middle. There`s no point in putting it at the receiver end, the signal is already gone by then & you can`t amplify it back.
Be warned thought thast it could make the reception worse. What matters is not the absolute signal level, but how strong the signal is compared to the noise. An amplifier will amplify the signal AND the noise that it is given, and will then add more noise itself. The results that you get all depend on what effect that has when compared to the extra noise added by the digibox. Also, if you`re trying to get a weak signal in the presence of strong ones, adding an amplifier can make things worse because it amplifies the strong signals as well, and they overload the digibox making it less sensitive to the weak signals.
The easy way to check is to look at the Signal Strength and Quality bars on the box, with and without the amplifier. If strength goes up but quality goes down or stays unchanged, the amplifier isn`t helping. If quality goes up, then the amplifier is useful.
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