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Best way to get antenna cables into house?

markc1183

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I have a Poynting antenna with 4 cables.
What would be the easiest and best way to get them into the house? The connectors on the end are quite large so that makes it a bit more difficult.
 
I have a Poynting antenna with 4 cables.
What would be the easiest and best way to get them into the house? The connectors on the end are quite large so that makes it a bit more difficult.
If it was me I would cut the Conns off, route the cable then terminate New Connectors but having said that I have the tools to do this, assuming you want to keeps the Conns on, two choices either split the Cable then drill 2 holes approximately 2 cm apart, each hole size would need to be around 1 to 2 mm bigger than the Connectors overall diameter (about 1mm if pulling through a Solid ie, Window Frame and 2mm for Brickwork), or Option 2, if you don't want split the cables apart, then slightly pull apart the twin Coax from the Plug end, this needs to be at least the overall thickness of the wall plus around another 6 inches for good measure, then PVC tape the two connectors together but one behind the other, in other words the second plug fits neatly snug behind the first plug but do not tape the rest of the Cable further up, the spare cable needs to be slightly looped further down the Cable, then again drill a hole allow 1 to 2 mm bigger than the two plugs (or all 4) tapped together, once through the Hole, undo the tap then gently pull through the second Cable slack before pulling through the rest of the Cable (this method works really well for 4x4 Mimo Antennas (2 x twin Coax Cables), again each Plug stacked and tapped behind each other), this will allow min Hole Drill Size for each cable run.

Allow for a small water drain loop before entering the Hole outside and seal the Hole(s) with Silicone Sealant.

Chris.
 
If it was me I would cut the Conns off, route the cable then terminate New Connectors but having said that I have the tools to do this, assuming you want to keeps the Conns on, two choices either split the Cable then drill 2 holes approximately 2 cm apart, each hole size would need to be around 1 to 2 mm bigger than the Connectors overall diameter (about 1mm if pulling through a Solid ie, Window Frame and 2mm for Brickwork), or Option 2, if you don't want split the cables apart, then slightly pull apart the twin Coax from the Plug end, this needs to be at least the overall thickness of the wall plus around another 6 inches for good measure, then PVC tape the two connectors together but one behind the other, in other words the second plug fits neatly snug behind the first plug but do not tape the rest of the Cable further up, the spare cable needs to be slightly looped further down the Cable, then again drill a hole allow 1 to 2 mm bigger than the two plugs (or all 4) tapped together, once through the Hole, undo the tap then gently pull through the second Cable slack before pulling through the rest of the Cable (this method works really well for 4x4 Mimo Antennas (2 x twin Coax Cables), again each Plug stacked and tapped behind each other), this will allow min Hole Drill Size for each cable run.

Allow for a small water drain loop before entering the Hole outside and seal the Hole(s) with Silicone Sealant.

Chris.
Thanks.
I'm assuming you mean to tape them up in this position?
I think I will drill 2 holes as the width of just 2 connectors is 20mm and I have 4 connectors to go through the wall.
It's a cavity wall as well so I'm guessing my best bet is to tape the connectors to the drill bit and pull them through?
 

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I ended up drilling one large hole in the mortar.

In hindsight, I wish I'd done smaller holes.
Cutting and terminating is a pain - don't do it - I have the tools and still wouldn't.

I no longer use my holes though as everything is all outside.

You can get mortar silicon in a tube for sealant guns. It's brilliant and dries practically the same colour. Plan on filling in my holes eventually.
 
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A couple of ideas:

- drill a hole through a window frame
- drill a hole and a slot to the side in a window frame - allows the cable ends to be pulled through and then for the cable to be moved to the side while the next cable is fed through
- feed under a roof tile into the loft space
If it's a flat roof a dedicated cable egress tube is a good option e.g.

 
Previously, I've tried to avoid boring holes in walls. In most cases an antenna mounted high up the the attic tends to do the job and is protected against the weather. if there is a gable wall in the line of sight, I would mount a "sky bracket" arm on the wall and route the cables up through the façade board into the roof space. Around here, the higher you can get the better.

A lot of homes here need external TV antennas and there are often pipes built into the building for those cables. Sometimes you can sneak a cable alongside it and mount comms (dish, antenna) on the TV pole. Not sure about a 4 connector, maybe if you taped it up to be as narrow as possible, might get it pulled in.
 
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