Breaks in satellite cable

[mo2]

Is it true that if you have breaks in satellite cable ie. an aerial socket connected to satellite cable from dish with a regular aerial plug on one end of the satellite cable and a stellite plug on the other end connected to the receiver that it reduces the signal
I'm talking about sky digital btw

 

[Lectrician]

In all cases, sky, terrestrial digital and analouge - you will loose some signal everytime.

This doesn't mean that the signal you then recieve is of a quality that is in anyway below what is required to produce a perfect picture.

Perhaps in fringe areas, and on poorly aligned dishes etc, it would play a large part, but in the main scheme of things, it makes no difference.

In saying that, you are always best to use the 'F' type connectors for all your joints etc. These are becoming common place for even the Terrestrial connections these days.

 

[mo2]

thanks - I have a decent signal so it should be ok then - I'll find out if I can get an f type socket in the style I want