#coax

2026-01-04

I hope this is the right place to ask, but there is this TV/Radio antennae plug in our Den - Unfortunately it looks like someone cut the line where it comes out of the house near the old TV antennae mast. Any suggestions on fixing/leveraging this for DTV and/or FM antennae for my component stereo setup that I am planning to put back up? The lower plug on that faceplate is so dam weird..

It appears to be ladderline wiring inside - do I reconnect and use for a FM or Ham radio, or do I use it to pull through some COAX & CAT6 to connect the DTV & FM antennae? 🤔

EDIT: I pulled the faceplate and plug off, and it is ladder line inside. The plug is a Wineguard model T32-U which only had the TV/FM connected the lower UHF plug was disconnected - and neither had the ground connected.


#ladderline #broadcast #networking #networkingTech #SOHO #homeOffice #nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
#computer #tech #linux #BSD #computerHistory
#retro #retrocomputing #retroComputers #WallOfRetro #retroTech #retroTechnology #upcycle #restore #TechnologyRepair #WasteNotWantNot
#happyNerding
#computer #tech #computerHardware #laptop #laptops
#upcycle #restore #reuse #RepairReuseRecycle
#IT #ITsupport #hardwaresupport #computerrepair
#retroNetworking #homenetworking #HAM #ham_radio #tv #radio #fm #fm_radio #antennae #home_improvement #home #homeRepair #CATV #coax #cat5 #cat6e #cat6

A face plate with two non electrical connectors, the one on the top has three holes and the note TV/FM above it. The lower connector has a plastic rectangular block of unknown use.A face plate with two non electrical connectors, the one on the top has three holes and the note TV/FM above it. The lower connector has a plastic rectangular block of unknown use.Junction box in the wall with two ladder line wires sticking outA Wineguard T-32U for TV/FM and UHF connectors, with the faceplate. This would go over the junction box in the wall with two ladder line wires inside would be connected to the leads.
Andreas ☑️aneth@bonn.social
2025-12-20

Ich weiß gar nicht, was alle immer mit #glasfaser , #breitband und Abgehängt sein wegen #Kupfernetz und #coax haben.
#technologieoffenheit ist natürlich die einzige Lösung und dieses ideologische Festhalten an #5G und #Lasern wird die deutsche Wirtschaft ganz bestimmt ruinieren.
Die einzig wahre und Technologie offene Lösung, die auch in Bayern akzeptiert wird ist bereits im #RFC2549 beschrieben und hat potentiell nahezu grenzenlose Bandbreite rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2549

Waidler :mastodon:waidler@bayerwald.social
2025-10-21

SMSL PO100 Pro
Dieser kleine Kerl bringt erstaunliche Klangverbesserungen an meinen aktiven Lautsprechern zustande. Gebe ich den Musikstream direkt per USB in die Aktivlautsprecher, ist der Sound eher mäßig. Der DDC scheint das USB Signal zu „reinigen“ und zu reclocken. Dann wird es per S/PDIF Coax oder optisch an den DAC der Lautsprecher gegeben. Das Ergebnis ist eine erstaunliche Verbesserung der Soundqualität.
Highly recommended.

#ddc #usb #audio #spdif #coax #toslink

rniamat ✍🏽rniamat
2025-09-17

De toekomst van kabelinternet over de grens

Afgelopen week vond in Duitsland het congres van het Fachverband Rundfunk- und BreitbandKommunikation (FRK) plaats. Daar is veel gesproken over d

bureauterdege.nl/de-toekomst-v

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2025-07-28

Ich bin mir nicht sicher ob ich seinerzeit bei @BNetzA, #Bundeskartellamt oder gar @EUCommission mich gegen die Übernahme von #Unitymedia durch #Vodafone ausgesprochen habe, aber es ist exakt das eingetreten, was ich vorausgesehen hatte:

  • Höhere Preise (Die wollen ernsthaft >100% Preiserhöhung von mir...)
  • Schlechtere Leistung (...bei gleichzeitig niedrigerer Bandbreite und schlechteren SLAs!)
  • Geringere Zuverlässigkeit (Störungen und Ausfälle häufen sich und werden schwerer!)

Und weil @Bundesregierung in den letzten 25+ Jahren quasi null #SozialerWohnungsbau gemacht hat und #Mieten inzwischen so teuer ist wie #Eigenheim-Finanzierung (für die kein #Millenial Kredit bekommt!) kann Mensch nichtmals eigeninitativ hingehen, sich ne #Faser legen und dann Nachbarn bei sich einkaufen lassen, weil (erst Recht #Mieter) haben kein #RechtAufGlasfaser!

Und mit #BlackRot - #Bankster #Merz wird's aich keine #Investitionem in #Infrastruktur oder gar #Regulierung zugunsten dieser geben, weil der #Einkommensmillionär schlichtweg von der #Realität der #Lohnarbeiter*innen abgekoppelt ist!

Jedenfalls muss #EDGEland hier massiv mal dirchgreifen, denn es kann nicht srin dass die #Enshittification dafür sorgt dass ich faktisch nur die Wahl zwischen #Kabel-#Monopolist, instabilerem #Bevtoring oder (inzwischen eingestelltem) #ADSL2+ sowie #EDGEland - #Mobilfunk zu Mondpreisen habe!

Schenkl | 🏳️‍🌈🦄schenklklopfer@chaos.social
2025-07-27

Hat ein Wesen hier Erfahrung mit Ethernet-over-Coax?

Nachdem #DLAN zu kacke ist, #WLAN zu weit weg und Kabel legen nicht möglich sind.
Bleibt nur #EoC.

Ich habe hier ein stillgelegtes #Coax Netz von analog #KabelTV.

Kann ich das verwenden?

In den Tutorials steht was von "Rückkanalfähig". Ggf. muss die Fernsehverteilanlage geprüft werden. So etwas habe ich aber gar nicht. Geht es dann nicht oder eben genau deswegen schon?

#followerpower :BoostOK:

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2025-07-20

Now some folks may say: "Why don't you just get a regular-ass #AUI like a #NormalPerson?"

1. Simply because noone but the most tech-masochistic folks want to deal with like #coax cables, #VampireTaps, huge #MAUI boxes and rare vintage stuff + overhead to get a slow & underwhelming network experience. Pretty shure neither @ncommander nor @TechTangents would either.

2. The few late-era #10BaseT-based AUIs do exist but they are long out of production and thus quite expensive. And if you are on #10Base2 or even #10Base5 good luck finding a still working #switch that isn't sold by a #scalper like #ersazza way above #MSRP+#inflation!

3 An AUI is just an Interface port / media converter similar to #SFP & GBIC and necessitates a NIC already inside the machine.

4. AUIs are not just long outdated but also way more inflexible, whereas basically anything from an #Apple2 up to the latest #Android-#Tablet can be adapted cheaply to do #RS232 #serial and send AT commands to a #Modem.

5. Twisted-Pair Ethernet is cheap, commonplace and still supported and pretty much forwards- and backwards compatible. 10BaseT will run on Cat.3 but also on Cat.5 and even Cat.8 cables (In case one wants to hookup a vintage computer on a 40GBase-T port for no reason but to see if the switch does negotiate proper 10Base-T.

6. Because it's useful...

7. as said before: AUI port would be nice to have but not necessary...

8. it would allow Network access similar to #dialup abeit without the need for existing #PSTN infrastructure like @c3isdn has...

A big-ass Medium Attachment Interface Unit that gets clamped onto a thicc coaxal cable.

It's a bout tue size of a Desktop PC's Optical Disk Drive with a *WIDE* 15-Pin port at it to connect to tge actual Ethernet card.A late-era MAUI with a 10BaseT RJ-45 port at the end made by Level 1.

It's way less chonky but still needs a NIC with AUI connection.
2025-07-02

#audio #electronics #coax Can anyone identify this connector? It's the inlet for the 75ohm FM antenna this receiver calls for: smooth barrel, male, no threads or design elements to engage bosses. (The waviness on the barrel is just schmutz)

The back of a Cambridge Adio Azur 540R, possibly for European sale. You see lettering saying Tuner, saying AM loop 300[ohm symbol] and saying FM [and the picture doesn't show the 75 ohm part  of the FM marking. That;s below the FM connector, with a center pin in a smooth  barrel.
2025-02-16

It feels like the imperial system is in over its head when we start talking about thousandths of inches.

#HamRadio #Coax #ImperialUnits #MetricSystem

A caliper open to 1.219 inches and the end of a coax cable stripped and ready for crimping, and a razor blade, on a block of wood.
Teddy / Domingo (🇨🇵/🇬🇧)TeddyTheBest@framapiaf.org
2025-01-18

Bye bye, #WiFi: This low-cost adapter lets you set up a wired #network without running #ethernet. Running #ethernet wiring can be messy and expensive. If you have #cable outlets, you can use a Trendnet Ethernet over #Coax adapter to set up a #highspeed wired #connection with minimal effort.

zdnet.com/article/bye-bye-wi-f

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:moira@mastodon.murkworks.net
2024-12-31

AND TO SHIELD GROUND

WHY

where I can get to it, the conformal coating itself does not appear to have become conductive, that was my first idea because it's pretty crusty BUT that's not it

#electronics #coax #switch #WHY

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:moira@mastodon.murkworks.net
2024-12-31

"antenna," "aux 1," "aux 2," and "cable" are all just... connected together. "vcr" is actually wired separately and as far as I can tell actually gets switched on the signal line, though the shield line is common across everything.

but all the switches are there. and i think they're all real. why would you do this. why.

the amount of resistance from desired source to output seems to change some but it also seems kinda random. selecting the source you're testing sometimes seems to make the resistance go _up_?

this is an archer-branded switch so I think it came from radio shack originally. and every time i say "you have failed me for the last time, Admiral SHACK" i am again proven wrong.

#electronics #diy #coax #wtf #why

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:moira@mastodon.murkworks.net
2024-12-31

NOPE THEY'RE 100% CONNECTED ON THE SIGNAL LINES 100% OF THE TIME

WHAT THE FUCK

#electronics #coax #diy

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:moira@mastodon.murkworks.net
2024-12-31

okay this just got super weird

all four inputs on the left appear to be hardwired together? can that possibly right? antenna, aux 1, aux 2, cable.

wtf actual

input 5 (vcr) is not so connected and is the only one acting kinda like i’d expect

what is going on

this has to be wrong clearly i must be fucking something up. maybe the board connections are extremely counter-intuitive.

#electronics #coax #diy

DMM showing 0 ohms between two inputs on a coax switcher box
Solarbird :flag_cascadia:moira@mastodon.murkworks.net
2024-12-31

yeah that is not a number you want to see on a closed switch. that’s not a good number at all.

#diy #rf #coax #electronics

a multimetre showing 55.4 ohms on a fully closed pushbutton switch.
Jesse Alexander, WB2IFS/3wb2ifs@mastodon.hams.social
2024-12-23

@bolderbekah @elmiller0330 @ai6yr
Traveling with my #yaesu #ht #FT5 #HamRadio. bag was pulled off security conveyor belt and opened.
#TSA agent pulls out my #magnetic mount, 1/4 wave, dual band #2m / #70cm #antenna with the #coax wound around the base.
TSA agent: “what’s this?”
Me: “an antenna”
TSA agent to the agent running the X-ray: “it’s an antenna!”
I stuff it back in my bag and head to my gate. This is the first and only time this has happened.

2024-09-14

Wenn ich mir das mal übern Tag betrachte, da würde mir auch ganz locker ein VDSL50 von der Telekom hier reichen.
...wenn es ihn denn gäbe.

So bin ich via Coax bei O2, die wiederum Reseller von Vodafone hier sind.
Funfact: Vodafone konnte mir keinen Vertrag anbieten, da alle Anschlüsse belegt waren.

#Bandbreite #VDSL #Coax

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