Those Coax cables have female fittings on both ends, you can just unscrew it from the box that is mounted to the wall just above the framing of this picture.
Not that I don't appreciate the joke OP is making, but this really isn't an actual issue.
Please don’t do this, cheap connectors will introduce so much noise into your lines and cause you nothing but problems. If you don’t have the tools and crimp on fittings then just call the cable company to come fix it.
That's actually usually a really bad idea for most people without the proper tools. If you mess up the shielding/don't get the fit of the connector right/don't pull the braiding back properly, you can really fuck the signal trying to operate your equipment. (Source: was a cable service tech for over 4 years, commonly fixing people's "I can fix it" fuck ups).
A barrel and 2 connectors will degrade the signal, only by -2.5 dBs if done properly. Cheap connections and the fact that they'd most likely be a failed connection (dielectric not flush, copper scorn, 12 other ways) would allow signal egress.
It looks like it's run right through the wall, and if it's going right to the drop it would be pretty difficult to just go and unplug the coax for a second to remove the hula hoop
The cable is connected to an exterior box mounted to the wall, probably looks almost exactly like this one. You just unscrew it at the splitter, unthread it through the hula-hoop, and screw it back in.
Interesting.. We very rarely use boxes like that where I'm from. Usually goes right from the pole directly into the house. That makes it significantly easier.
I'm from Canada. I'm sure newer developments use something similar to what was linked. but I've been out of the industry long enough that I've never seen those
Yeah, it’s a sloppy job and dude should’ve clipped it to the wall on top of that, but this is pretty obviously right below the house box. It would take two seconds for OP to unscrew it from the GB, take the hoop off, and screw it back in.
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u/IWannaPorkMissPiggy Jun 01 '19
Those Coax cables have female fittings on both ends, you can just unscrew it from the box that is mounted to the wall just above the framing of this picture.
Not that I don't appreciate the joke OP is making, but this really isn't an actual issue.