[John Candle]

The coax cables come in standard lengths of 3 feet , 6 feet , 10 feet , 20 feet , 50 feet , 100 feet and so forth. the length of coax in your Apt. will not be long enough to loose any signal that will make a real difference in signal reduction. Yes the Digital Tuner for the lap top will work fine with the clearstream 2 antenna. And as you all ready know you can buy different lengths of coax at places like Home Depot. Always look inside the connector on the end of the coax , see if the outer metal foil shield and shield wires are pushed in toward the center conductor wire. If so then push the outer metal foil shield and shield wires away from the center conductor. The coax cables are machine made and the metal cutting blades get dull and push the outer shied and shield wires , not cutting cleanly.