[John Candle]

When the ends of the coax is cut/shaped so that the connectors can be put on , the cutting knife gets dull , a dull knife does not cut cleanly and pushes the shields of the coax in toward the center wire of the coax. If the foil shield or shield wires come into contact with the center wire then the signal will be reduced or shorted out completly. Quad shield has more layers of shielding and those layers of shielding are more easy pushed in toward the center wire when the ends of the coax are cut and shaped to put the connectors on the ends of the coax. The point here is to get the problems that can happen with getting the signal from point A to point B , to as close to zero as possible , so as to prove that the tv signals are being received by the antenna and transfered to the tv via the coax and received by the tv. For some reason or reasons people resist this simple 'test' of getting the signal from point A to point B. This simple test is suggested time after time here at tvfool and the more reasons for doing it and the explanation is given for doing it the more the person digs in the heals to not do it.