Coax antenna cable

Posted by: Bas V on 16 August 2008

Hi,
The signal of my digital tv is only 45% when using my regular coax cable (10 metres). When I connect another, higher quality coax before it (unfortunately this one alone is too short) it reaches 55%. I really don't understand how that can be. Any ideas?
Anyway, I was thinking of buying a better cable. Must be at least 5 metres, what do you guys recommend?
Regards, Bas

Posted on: 16 August 2008 by james n

You may have too higher signal and the extra cable + connectors is providing enough attenuation to improve the signal. Is the measure strength or quality or just a combination of both ?

James

Posted on: 24 August 2008 by bwolke

Are you looking for a terminated cable female - male? Or cable on a reel?

Posted on: 24 August 2008 by james n

CT100 - Satellite type cable. Good screening (double screened) and readily available.

rgds

James

Posted on: 28 August 2008 by djftw

Seconded, low loss satellite cable with the foil outer screen, far better than standard coax cable...

Posted on: 30 August 2008 by Bas V

Well, the problem seemed to be in the frequency of the digital decoder; another decoder made the signal strength come up to about 50%. Now I stumbled upon a Monster Monstervideo 2 antenna cable. When I connect this, the signal strenght reaches 60%. Everything is fine now!