How to Best Run New Coax on Roof ??
A limb caught my crank up antenna and snatched it off the roof. The original coax is damaged somewhere inside the roof and is not accessible. And I cannot pull a new cable inside the roof. So I...
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Horsedoc wrote:Lantley wrote:
Just because they did not originally have a connector does not mean you could not create a splice and add a connector just below the roof line.
If the roof is only filled with styrofoam you should be able to create a channel for the coax through the styro foam.
Maybe I'm missing something But running a new line across the roof does not seem like the most efficient way to reconnect the antenna.
Tell me how this is accomplished?
I assume there is a piece of coax going to the antenna below the roof line. Cut that coax and put a connector on it. Then get a new piece of short coax and run it from the existing piece to the antenna.
If there is styrofoam blocking the bath use a long drill bit or piece of pipe to create a hole in the styrofoam.
I don't see it as being that complicated.
You don't need a home run all the way pack to the inlet connection.
