Two Coax cable run from Weingard Antenna to Directv Box

[reetzer]

Hi all, I enjoyed reading a lot of posts before deciding nothing would help me with my question. I have a Weingard Self Seeking antenna with two coax outputs to my Directv Box. I have called Keystone twice and both times the tech offered to email me help but nothing ever showed up. I'm thinking I'll need to run a new feed myself as well as a 12v supply for the antenna. Anyone?

[AZ Traveler]

reetzer,

Welcome to the forum!

I use Dish vice Direct but do recommend running dedicated coax to your receiver.

[DQDick]

What kind of Winegard do you have? No matter what you have, one outlet should be marked main and the other is to a second receiver. I use G2+'s and they provide the power to the antenna with a power box. If it's a tailgator type, they draw the power from the receiver thru the cable. Those type have to have a direct connection to the receiver and everyone (Providers and Winegard) say the cable can't be longer than 25'. That's not really true, but it's not far off. With the G2+ my longest run is 50' to the convenience center and then back to the rear of the rig thru the OEM wiring less the splitter they instaled behind the center.

[RichardD]

Reetzer, in your convenience center you should have 3 coax connections, one labeled "coach cable" , the next one should be "living room satellite" and the last one should be "bedroom" satellite. If you are going to run 2 coax from your dish you will need a separate receiver for each tv.


I also installed a 12 volt cigarette lighter outlet in the convenience center to power my dish.
I hope this helps!