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Replacement for a Global "Loftbox" - 8x o/p distribution amp?
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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1104160" data-attributes="member: 176704"><p>Update: the Proception box arrived as hoped and is now installed and working well.</p><p></p><p>My impressions:</p><p>- "Proception" appears to be a sub-brand of Blake (the antennas & accessories group) as that's what's printed on the box, and what you find when you look around the Proception website, and that should be a good indication that this is part of a decent range of equipment</p><p>- It is a substantial piece of kit, which is larger & heavier than the LoftBox</p><p>- Has better and more comprehensive instructions than the LoftBox</p><p>- There were no real issues in installing it, although it took quite a time to make sure each cable went on the correct connector - mainly due to old, poor and faded "labels" on the cables and the old box - but I've now "dymo" labelled all the cables more clearly for the future.</p><p></p><p>All that also forced me to sort out, tidy up and label the ratsnest of sat cables in the attic - which took a lot more time than actually replacing the box - and the <a href="https://cpc.farnell.com/tenma/72-9957/coax-cable-mapper/dp/IN06789?st=coaxial%20tester" target="_blank">8-way cable tracer kit (mine's branded "Tenma", but that seems to vary according when and from where they are bought!) t</a>hat I got as an Xmas present came in very useful during that process as I had forgotten where some of the spare ones went!</p><p>[ATTACH]134282[/ATTACH]</p><p>PS: you could actually "build" your own kit with a DMM, and a series of home-made cable terminators as all the latter appear to be (apart from the different coloured caps) is something like a standard 50 Ohm terminator but with varying resistors inside (I measured mine in case I lose one - and the values are shown on the image above!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1104160, member: 176704"] Update: the Proception box arrived as hoped and is now installed and working well. My impressions: - "Proception" appears to be a sub-brand of Blake (the antennas & accessories group) as that's what's printed on the box, and what you find when you look around the Proception website, and that should be a good indication that this is part of a decent range of equipment - It is a substantial piece of kit, which is larger & heavier than the LoftBox - Has better and more comprehensive instructions than the LoftBox - There were no real issues in installing it, although it took quite a time to make sure each cable went on the correct connector - mainly due to old, poor and faded "labels" on the cables and the old box - but I've now "dymo" labelled all the cables more clearly for the future. All that also forced me to sort out, tidy up and label the ratsnest of sat cables in the attic - which took a lot more time than actually replacing the box - and the [URL='https://cpc.farnell.com/tenma/72-9957/coax-cable-mapper/dp/IN06789?st=coaxial%20tester']8-way cable tracer kit (mine's branded "Tenma", but that seems to vary according when and from where they are bought!) t[/URL]hat I got as an Xmas present came in very useful during that process as I had forgotten where some of the spare ones went! [ATTACH alt="TENMA 72-9957 Coax Tester .jpg"]134282[/ATTACH] PS: you could actually "build" your own kit with a DMM, and a series of home-made cable terminators as all the latter appear to be (apart from the different coloured caps) is something like a standard 50 Ohm terminator but with varying resistors inside (I measured mine in case I lose one - and the values are shown on the image above!) [/QUOTE]
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