usb powered antenna cable length?

[iamblueboy]

I bought a 20db gain flat panel type ant.
It is usb powered and comes with a 15' cable, I added a 6' jumper and all is good.

With the instructions it says to use max of 15' jumper, I was wondering if a powered usb jumper of 25' or more as seen on fleabay would work?

With the antenna, the higher the better?

Thanks for your time

[satchick]

Maybe an Xtendex would work? It's a USB to CAT5 balun that can reportedly extend a USB connection up to 150 feet using cat5 cable.


http://www.networktechinc.com/usbc5.html

[dishuser]

I bought a 20db gain flat panel type ant.
It is usb powered and comes with a 15' cable, I added a 6' jumper and all is good.

With the instructions it says to use max of 15' jumper, I was wondering if a powered usb jumper of 25' or more as seen on fleabay would work?

With the antenna, the higher the better?

Thanks for your time

from what I've read you can only add up to 3 usb repeaters at 16' giving you a total of 63' since you already have 15'

[Terryl]

I’ve run 5 at 15’ each out to an AC powered USB hub to run my telescope and it’s USB cam, the USB to CAT5 is a better choice if your going to go a longer distance then that, even further if you go fiber optic, you can run a fiber link out to about 500 meters (without a boost) if you use one of these hummers.


http://physicsworld.com/cws/product/P000006153

[Pollypurabred]

I set my neighbors up with 4/16ft "active"(have a powered amp inside each connection) USB 2.0 cables with no problems. The info I read stated 80 ft was maximum. The cable were tripp-lite U026-016 if interested.