Hi eveyone,

I am fairly new to the form and I hope this question is okay for this area. I am installing my new cable and need advise! I laid my new cable to my satellite dish which is 160 feet from the house. Me doing the bright thing, I cut my long cable to short. Is't along story, but I did. Should I run a new cable of RG6 or use a connector to connect the new 25 foot cable to make it the right lenght?
Which will bring up another question. Should I use an inline amp because of the lenght of cable? I am going to bury this cable few inches in ground. Anyone with ideas, please help. I need to complete this install before it gets to cold here in northern Indiana.

Well it is not recommend to use connectors on a long cable but it should not be a problem, just use electrical tape or plastic bag to wrap the connection to protect it from rusting. If you have a good signal, inline amp is not necessary but if you have a good one I would use it to connect the long and the 25 foot cable.

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Thanks for your imput and quick reply!

Since you have to extend the cable anyways i would use inline amplifier, i find that it improves signal by about 10% but of course being underground it has to be well protected from moisture it's for indoor use unless you can find one that is made for outdoor.

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