Fixing a cut aerial cable

[Rodders53]

Have you thought about checking out that GT100 at a Screwfix store?

The manufacturer "Time" replied to some Questions with
We would not recommend this for outside use without a conduit to protect the cable but if in any doubt please contact a qualified electrician.
and that is is not double-screened !!!
= Avoid it, I think.
(They did state it was solid copper core, though).

https://www.toolstation.com/doncaster-cables-coaxial-satellite-cable-ct100/p76103 is not all copper either. (Copper clad aluminium foil and braid). See https://www.doncastercables.com/cab...Security/Satellite-TV-Coaxial-Cable-as-CT100/
So another one to avoid.

RG6 is too often copper clad steel core to be recommended for any use to diy people whatsoever in my view. CAI spec RG6 has to be copper clad steel! (Though if one can find a supplier of all copper foam filled RG6 it'll be excellent stuff for TV and satellite use).

Amazon sellers supply Webro WF100. CPC Farnell sell it too with fast delivery usually.

CAI certified type 100 cable must be all copper or aluminium foil with tin-plated copper braid to meet the CAI spec. https://www.cai.org.uk/index.php/co.../cable-certification/110-cai-certified-cables I'd prefer all copper though, so have a stockpile of WF100 in my garage.

 

[Lucid]

Yep, I commented a while ago, on the signal loss I suffered as a rubbish ready-made Fly-lead I had bought.

Yes, they're not great. They're often a backdoor in to the system for interference.

 

[Lucid]

The manufacturer "Time" replied to some Questions with
We would not recommend this for outside use without a conduit to protect the cable but if in any doubt please contact a qualified electrician.
and that is is not double-screened !!!
= Avoid it, I think.
(They did state it was solid copper core, though).

https://www.toolstation.com/doncaster-cables-coaxial-satellite-cable-ct100/p76103 is not all copper either. (Copper clad aluminium foil and braid). See https://www.doncastercables.com/cab...Security/Satellite-TV-Coaxial-Cable-as-CT100/
So another one to avoid.

RG6 is too often copper clad steel core to be recommended for any use to diy people whatsoever in my view. CAI spec RG6 has to be copper clad steel! (Though if one can find a supplier of all copper foam filled RG6 it'll be excellent stuff for TV and satellite use).

Amazon sellers supply Webro WF100. CPC Farnell sell it too with fast delivery usually.

CAI certified type 100 cable must be all copper or aluminium foil with tin-plated copper braid to meet the CAI spec. https://www.cai.org.uk/index.php/co.../cable-certification/110-cai-certified-cables I'd prefer all copper though, so have a stockpile of WF100 in my garage.

Thanks for that. The image makes it look like it's foil and braid, and the (incomplete) spec says indoor/outdoor, so I presumed that this was the replacement for the Nexans stuff, some of which was decent enough. https://www.screwfix.com/p/nexans-n...um/474fk#product_additional_details_container I never bothered with the Q&A section. DOH!

It makes me both laugh and despair when I read "consult a qualified electrician". In my experience, most qualified electricians know bugger-all about aerial systems. The reason that Screwfix are selling single braid screen cable in the digital TV era is presumably because enough qualified electricians are buying the damned stuff.