My coax cable from the outside came into the attic and splitted into four ways into different rooms. I have been getting marginal reception in some rooms. Over the years some wiring were done by previous owners some by me and they are different cables and some deadended in walls, so I replaced them all with new RG6 cables and the splitter a new Monster splitter and the reception is dramatically improved.
The only cable I have not yet replaced is the one that comes from outside started at the drop, went underground, then when it gets to the house, it goes into a box mounted on the wall (locked) then another came out from the other end, up the exterior wall under the eave then into the attic. I was trying to replace the connector on the end of this cable with a compression one for RG6, but it wouldn't work, so may be this cable is not RG6. When I stripped it, the metal braid part seem thicker than normal RG6 and there is some sticky gluey fluid on the inside of the wire. I wonder if it is some sort of waterproof sealant in the wire, so I took a small piece of it to HD and see if I can figure out what connector I need. I showed it to the guy at HD to see if he knows what type of cable it is, he says it's RG6 but it needs to be replaced because the sticky fluid is not some sort of water proof sealant but moisture. That the cable is totally bad because of moisture penetration from the weather. I said this section is in the attic over 30 feet from the entry point at the eave this is moisture? He said he is sure and I need to replace the entire cable with underground coax...is this true? I am a little skeptical...
MC