Cable in the 90s vs today, what a difference 25 years makes

I started installing cable back in 1998 and back then we used those heavy RG59 cables with the crimp-on connectors that always gave me trouble. Now everything is RG6 with compression fittings and it takes me half the time to terminate a run clean. Anyone else remember fighting with those old crimpers and wondering why your signal kept dropping?

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ben82727d ago

Yeah I remember the old RG59 and those crimp connectors all too well. What finally worked for me was just committing to the compression fittings early on when they started popping up. Bought a decent Klein compression tool and never looked back. The signal issues basically vanished after that. Now I can't even imagine going back to those old crimpers and fighting with them every time.

brookep2726d ago

Compression fittings are the way to go for sure. If you're running a long cable line, make sure to use a good barrel connector where you splice it, cheap ones mess up the signal way too fast.