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

[Lloyd Parsons <lloydparsons@xxxxxxx>]

In article <cfqdneyXiIB5FZ3ZRVn-hg@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
 "bearman" <noyb@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> "Lloyd Parsons" <lloydparsons@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:lloydparsons-5F59A8.10165025022006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 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.

Well, there is that... ;-)

Depending on how wire is routed, it probably is cheaper and easier just
to replace it if you are convinced that the cable is the issue.  Of
course, if you have an in with a cable guy that actually has good
equipment, testing of the cable might be pretty cheap.

Around here, most of the cable installers don't have much in the way of
equipment, let alone a TDR.