Anyone know where is a good place to find a very short coax cable for cable TV? I just need about 4 in male-to-male coax to hook up a splitter and don’t want to build one myself. Nobody I can find will sell one shorter than 3 ft.
Ask a guy in a cable company truck?
An exchange of something of worth would be expected.
I’ve never seen one that short. You can get F-connector male to male adapters, but they are only going to be about an inch long.
They look like this:
From this site, but you can get them in lots of places:
http://www.cabletvamps.com/adapters.htm
You might see if Radio Shack carries them, or any place else that sells TV stuff (Circuit City, Best Buy, etc).
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I…don’t want to build one myself.
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Why not? It’s your best option for getting one that small.
Try Pasternack Enterprises, but it may be more economical for you to buy a longer cable locally, connect it, coil up the excess out of the way, and tie the coil in place.
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Why not? It’s your best option for getting one that small.
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You could even get a guy at home depot or lowes to put one together for you if you are nice and they have time.
FYI, Radio Shack has one- and two-foot long coax cables, or you could use the couplers suggested by engineer_comp_geek.
Walmart sells some little screw on connectors. The cable stripping isn’t difficult.
Just use the 3-foot one. It’s likely to be of better quality than any 4" cable built by an amateur.
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…likely to be of better quality than any 4" cable built by an amateur.
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That was my thinking, as it will have to endure the elements outside. Actually, a simple male-to-male F connector may work for me - I’ll check Radio Shack.
Many thanks.
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Actually, a simple male-to-male F connector may work for me - I’ll check Radio Shack.
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Or 2 of them, with a female-to-female adapter in between, which will give you more length.
But that’s rather lossy, and probably more expensive than just buying a short cable.
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Walmart sells some little screw on connectors. The cable stripping isn’t difficult.
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You’re asking for trouble here. All connectors on cables should be crimped to prevent signal loss.
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You’re asking for trouble here. All connectors on cables should be crimped to prevent signal loss.
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Sure, crimped is better, but if the guy can’t make them… I’ve done ok with them even on LNBF cables.
This is a good time to get chummy with the local cable TV installer. A fair number of the more recent cable boxes (in this region, at least) have an odd-looking jumper configuration on the back side, and the installer might have some extra jumpers.
Actually, they DO make and sell cables shorter than 12 inches. I have a few. Look for FLAT coax (typically used to run coax through the window and still be able to close it.) Mine are about eight inches long. Try Home Depot.