| Re: Replacing bad TV Coax :( [message #189099 is a reply to message #189094] |
Sat, 03 November 2012 18:40   |
tphipps
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Registered: August 2004
Location: Spanish Fort, AL
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Kerry, buy the best coax that you can find. I suggest you go to GigaParts in Huntsville for it. Poor coax does not last. Difference is price is not much. You want to run one continuos piece, if at all possible. Use high quality compression fitting on the ends.
You should also find, buried in the wall or the TV outlet, a small amplifier that serves to increase the signal strength. Check for 12v to it. If your cable is split to two different outlets, the amplifier should be up stream of the splitter. The power may br hard wired to it. Hard to tell without finding the amplifier.
In case you are interested, my coach had some very funky 300 ohm twin lead buried in the wall. I still need to drop the ceiling to get to the old cabling and replace it with good stuff.
If your antenna is a batwing style by Wingard, the signal amplifier is located in the head of the antenna. 12v is supplied to it along the coax, so there wil not be a distinct 12v lead.
Good luck,
Tom, MS II
2012 Phoenix Cruiser model 2552
KA4CSG
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