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Running coax through exterior wall of house into shack

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Please do! I ordered a coax enclosure from eBay last night and am going to start getting everything together to install that.

Here is the inside.

Equipment used:

3/32" bit for pilot holes on wall plate covers
5/32" bit for wall plate cover screws
5/8" bit to all SO-239 connector to come thru wall plate cover
 

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Running coax

If you don't want to risk hitting a power line or pipe in the wall or cutting holes, MFJ makes an adapter that fits in a normal window. MFJ-4601 or MFJ-4602 are the model numbers in the online catalog. You would want to devise some type of lock so the window wouldn't become and easy entry into the house.
 

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If you don't want to risk hitting a power line or pipe in the wall or cutting holes, MFJ makes an adapter that fits in a normal window. MFJ-4601 or MFJ-4602 are the model numbers in the online catalog. You would want to devise some type of lock so the window wouldn't become and easy entry into the house.

MFJ-4602 Antenna Feedthrough Panel Product Reviews

Not the best product to buy.

I used a stud finder that also detected A/C power. All my A/C power on the wall I drilled in was ran vertically along a stud.. You can see a color mark in my pictures where I marked the studs. I went one stud over from the stud that had the electrical wires running down it. Its not like we are mixing rocket fuel here. . .

Tim
 

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I used one of DX Engineering's utility enclosures. I drilled a hole through the back of the box and through the wall of the house large enough to pass a piece of PVC pipe into the basement.

Rather than use spray foam insulation to plug the hole, pick up some scraps of fiberglass insulation batting from a construction site and stuff the hole or conduit with that. The fiberglass batting will be a lot easier to remove if you ever need to change the cables going through the hole. But you do need something to plug the hole to keep insects and small critters from using the hole as a gateway into your house.

I'm glad I found this post before I went out and bought anything else. Good stuff.
 
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