Coax cable into house

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IdleMonitor

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How do I clean this mess up? Need to have a better set up before winter starts up around Oct/Nov.

I have the following coming into the house.

2 scanner base antennas. 1 can be switched out for anything. It's sitting on a 30 ft pole on the back deck. The main discone is on the roof.

1 CB base antenna.

1 shortwave/hf end fed wire antenna for SDR listening.

1 FlightAware feeder.

I have seen frost on these connections in the winter time. That is not good. Also this room was an unfinished room. It has been completely renovated and good to go. Just need to clean up the cable mess coming in.
 

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Some zip ties maybe? Do you have a craw space under you house? When I moved my shack from a second floor room to a first floor room in my house I ran all 10 coax cables to a grounded bulkhead. Then used some cable entry grommet to bring them in under the house. Used another cable entry grommet in the floor and brought the cables up into the shack thru the floor.
 

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This what the outside looks like. Concrete to the sides. But the area under the siding I believe is wood and would be easier to go through.


Some zip ties maybe? Do you have a craw space under you house? When I moved my shack from a second floor room to a first floor room in my house I ran all 10 coax cables to a grounded bulkhead. Then used some cable entry grommet to bring them in under the house. Used another cable entry grommet in the floor and brought the cables up into the shack thru the floor.
 

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This is what it looks like to the right of the window from the inside. The cables that are coming in are from a satellite dish that we don’t use that's on the corner of the house.

I would like to have a nice clean grounded entry area for all these cables to come in.

What materials do I need that won't cost a huge amount to make this happen.
 

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