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[QUOTE=&quot;KrissB, post: 106766, member: 19162&quot;]Long ago, my father was making the switch to Satellite from Antenna TV. He was happy about the switch for a few months. Time came up for the 3-month special. The truth about Satellite came to him in an envelope, in the form of a bill. So, I came to visit to witness how much the bill went up. We thought about the Antenna again, and my father did some research I guess. A few weeks later he calls me up, and asked if I had any old TV's (lol?) not that I know of. I go over to find he had tried to rush and screw on the coax on the F-connector resulting in striping it. Furthermore lol, out of frustration he ended up breaking it off of the TV. It was on the corner of the Circuit board, or not really even part of the circuit board. I remember I tore down the TV, and he soldered it (this is when I started learning to solder).(This story could also be removed if sticky'd)We installed a 3 foot Coax to every TV with an F to F connector (I call them splices). This way if you are doing a lot of switching out antenna's or anything in this connection for that matter (DVD RF converters, VHS -if still used-, Cable, Satellite, etc...) If you do this to every TV you have you only destroy the splice/F to F connector instead of the only connector on your TV or F-connector device, instead you would simply replace the splice/F to F connector. Much easier fix!!! Just a helpful thought to save your poor TV F-connector, and later a major headache to fix it! In some cases I guess the TV failing may be an omen! lol However, at least you can decide if that is choice you wish to make. I'm not sure where to get these short runs of cable (I'd tell the cable company you need shorter cables to help with reception before you decide to cut the wire, this way it is quality, and usually <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p" /> Free)! Some people have higher morals though so you may wish to look elsewhere, not me! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p" />Maybe this will be useful or maybe not, I just wanted this info to be available.Sincerely,KrissB[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="KrissB, post: 106766, member: 19162"]Long ago, my father was making the switch to Satellite from Antenna TV. He was happy about the switch for a few months. Time came up for the 3-month special. The truth about Satellite came to him in an envelope, in the form of a bill. So, I came to visit to witness how much the bill went up. We thought about the Antenna again, and my father did some research I guess. A few weeks later he calls me up, and asked if I had any old TV's (lol?) not that I know of. I go over to find he had tried to rush and screw on the coax on the F-connector resulting in striping it. Furthermore lol, out of frustration he ended up breaking it off of the TV. It was on the corner of the Circuit board, or not really even part of the circuit board. I remember I tore down the TV, and he soldered it (this is when I started learning to solder). (This story could also be removed if sticky'd) We installed a 3 foot Coax to every TV with an F to F connector (I call them splices). This way if you are doing a lot of switching out antenna's or anything in this connection for that matter (DVD RF converters, VHS -if still used-, Cable, Satellite, etc...) If you do this to every TV you have you only destroy the splice/F to F connector instead of the only connector on your TV or F-connector device, instead you would simply replace the splice/F to F connector. Much easier fix!!! Just a helpful thought to save your poor TV F-connector, and later a major headache to fix it! In some cases I guess the TV failing may be an omen! lol However, at least you can decide if that is choice you wish to make. I'm not sure where to get these short runs of cable (I'd tell the cable company you need shorter cables to help with reception before you decide to cut the wire, this way it is quality, and usually :P Free)! Some people have higher morals though so you may wish to look elsewhere, not me! :P Maybe this will be useful or maybe not, I just wanted this info to be available. Sincerely, KrissB[/QUOTE]

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