Re: Best brand coax and F connector for HD cable?

["bearman" <noyb@xxxxxxxx>]

"Lloyd Parsons" <lloydparsons@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In article <Ve%Lf.2193$XE6.365@trnddc07>,
> Wes Newell <w.newell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:39:52 +0000, Rogue Petunia wrote:
>>
>> > When a person has interior wiring, whether done by homeowner or even by
>> > a
>> > licensed contractor, the cable company will say "the problem is your
>> > internal wiring and cable company is not responsible. Goodbye."  They
>> > have
>> > done this to me before, even though the internal wiring was in place
>> > for a
>> > year and no problems, they insisted it was the internal wiring.
>>
>> It's real easy to test coax. Short one end to the shield and test with an
>> ohm meter at the other end.
>
> That only tests the DC characteristic of the coax.
>
> Signal degradation across coax can occur when that simple test says
> things are fine.  To really test it you need to do more....

That's true but how many people have access to a TDR (Time Domain
Reflectometry)?  About all the average guy can do is hire someone to check
out the cables.
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Bearman
If it's got tits, tires, tubes, or transistors,  it's trouble.