new dish

[abecar9]

I have prchased a new dish for my 31' rv and need to change the wiring from antenna to rg6 coax. Any helpful hint or tricks would be greatful.

[nightriderrv]

You sure that it's not rg-6 now after most come with it now

[dsbike]

If it isn't rg-6 already , you might try taping the 2 ends together with electrical tape and after disconnecting the other end. Try pulling the old wire out with the new one attached. But most likely the old cable/wire is secured along its path and won't pull out.

I had to run a new rg-6 from the external connection in the water service bay to the switch over box above the dash. I just ran it along the frame within the other wire bundles then up thru the dash, behind the a pillar trim and into the cabinet. Works fine and is a single run cable with no connections to work loose as I travel down the highway.

[wanderso]

I've found in the past that if the cable is RG-59u (thinner and less shielding compared to RG-6) that it will still work. Way can get you into trouble are any signal splitters that can't handle the higher frequencies. If you can locate them and swap them out for those that support satellite, you should be fine. http://www.thesatelliteshop.net/spli...es-c-1055.html

[abecar9]

No it is a 1998 model. Thanks for all the suggestions and help.