Can you cut a TV antenna?

[Karin Karlsson1]

I have a TV antenna that I would like to cut. How do you “seal” the cable? Is it possible to just buy them?

 

[petererlandsson1194]

Just cut it off. You don't need to do anything with the cable.

 

[Bono_R]

Is it an apartment or a house?

 

[Karin Karlsson1]

Is it an apartment or a house?

House

 

[pacman42]

I cut mine 15 years ago. Remove the antenna too.

Maybe it's time to run Ethernet in the house? You might be able to use the pipes for that? It works better than WiFi, even though WiFi has improved over the past five years. I have two base stations and need Ethernet between them for it to work really well, but maybe not everyone has the same requirements as I do...

 

[Cheesen]

I have a TV antenna that I would like to cut. How do I "plug" the cable? Can you just buy them?

It depends on what is at the other end of the cable. Is it an antenna, a cable modem, an amplifier, a cable TV association, a fiber modem, or something else?

 

[Bono_R]

House

Yes, then it should be quite risk-free to cut the cable, but use the existing cable as a pull wire for example a couple of data cables if you plan to have a cable network in the house and don't want to open walls to pull new ones.
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[pacman42]

Yes, then it should be quite risk-free to cut the cable, but then use the existing cable as a pull wire for, for example, a couple of data cables if you want a cable network in the house and don't want to open walls to pull new ones. /B

Or you can buy a pull wire that has lower friction and pays for itself after the first use in the form of avoided curse words. Vacuum cleaner and thread also work quite well, I've used it to pull in a pull wire where even that won't get through...