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Question by Giao Phan posted 27 Jun 2005 | | RG6 Termination | My new house has RG6 cables from a central distribution panel with 7 outlets. Two of the 7 outlets did not have connector at the end of the coaxial cable (probably because they were ran to the game room and family room along with other A/V cablings). Anyway, I bought RG6 F connectors, coaxial stripper and crimp tools from Lowe's and terminated the connectors so I can get the TV signal from a common anntena for all the rooms. Well the 2 connectors that I terminated did not work while those connectors terminated by the builder worked just fine. I thought I followed instruction on the tools: 1/4" of bare copper, 1/4" of foil, fold back the braided wire, slide on the connector, and crimp.
I did noticed that if only the bare copper touch the UHF/VHF connector then I got the anntena signal. But once I screw in the connector (connecting the shield) then I lost the anntena signal. Does it mean I have a short between the bare copper and the shield in the coaxial cable? But I have the same problem at two different locations. And the TV work fine in other rooms where the termination was done by the builder.
I have quadshield RG6 3 Ghz cables pink color coaxial cable (4 of these) and quadshield RG6 2.2 Ghz white color cable (3 of these).
Thanks for the help. |  |
Answer by Joseph Golan posted 03 Jul 2005 | Dear Giao,
It certainly sounds like there is a short on the circuit, maybe the contractor crushed the cable when hammering in a wire staple. It should be easy to check with a multimeter or even a continuity checker (battery/lamp is a simple one).
Also check that the other end connector was properly installed and not causing the short.
Sincerely,
Joseph Golan, RCDD
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