How to Joint Coaxial Cable without Connectors

[KevinC]

Or more appropriately "How NOT to Joint Coaxial Cable without Connectors"...

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[mmckenna]

I bet I'm not the only one that discovered something like that after the roofers finished putting a new roof on a building. Usually there are wire nuts involved.

 

[EAFrizzle]

I bet I'm not the only one that discovered something like that after the roofers finished putting a new roof on a building. Usually there are wire nuts involved.

My neighbor's TV and net went out after a rain. We found what was in the video, about 30" from the house, but no tape or wire nuts.

Just landscapers.

 

[mikewazowski]

I discovered something similar when my work truck went in for rebranding and they removed the cap.

 

[kc2asb]

It's on the Interwebs, so it must be the right way to do it! I once spliced two pieces of coax together, but only the center conductor, IIRC. In my defense, I was a kid at the time and used it as a random wire antenna tacked along the baseboard for my Realistic SW-60. It did work better than the built-in whip.

 

[u2brent]

A little solder wouldn't hurt anything.