When I had sky installed I stupidly cut my terrestrial tv aerial cable on the outside. As I am now renting the flat I need to fix this broken cable to provide terrestrial tv.

Is there any way I can do this without running a new lead from the aerial direct as it is a three storey building and my flat is on the second floor.

Cheers

Gary Hughes, May 2009

The solder joint from the aerial socket all came out, how to fix that?

Kim, September 2009

I would do it with plugs and sockets rather than terminal block because you are joining coax. Then use self-amalgamating tape over the joint.

T, May 2009

Top man cheers for that. Will have a go at it at weekend.

Gary Hughes, May 2009

If you have a bit of slack on the cable (you probably only need a couple of inches) you could put a plug on one end and a socket on the other, otherwise splice them together with compression crimps, terminal block, solder etc - you can't get a shock off the signal from an aerial so you don't need to be too particular about the safety of the joint, it just needs to work.

Adam, May 2009