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Cut directv cable

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July 20, 2014 12:44:54 PM

My wife cut the cable coming from the satellite, to the genie box while trimming the hedges. I repaired the break using two connectors & a coupler. Now I get an error message "trouble communicating with dish" . Where did I go wrong?

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July 20, 2014 12:50:42 PM

Probably didn't make a good connection unless you used a good crimper and got the connection proper. In addition, any coupler can sometimes degrade the signal, especially if it's a cheapie dollar store one or something.
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July 20, 2014 1:01:44 PM

getochkn said:
Probably didn't make a good connection unless you used a good crimper and got the connection proper. In addition, any coupler can sometimes degrade the signal, especially if it's a cheapie dollar store one or something.

I went to Radio shack, bought the stripper & the crimper & hardware. I'll re-do my repair & see what happens.

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July 20, 2014 2:50:17 PM

Hi
Take particular care that you do not get a strand of the shielding shorting to the centre wire,those strands are very fine and difficult to see sometimes.
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July 20, 2014 2:58:08 PM

I think wife telling you get off tv and trim hedge yourself [lol] ...
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July 23, 2014 3:54:51 AM

Is it not a usual coaxial cable with connectors in both ends? Why don't you just replace the whole cable with a new one? The frquency of the signal between the dish and the receiver is few GHz and any repairment of the cable is a compromise with the quality of the signal (or even with it's presence:) ) . . . .
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