If anyone ever kills the heavy cable coming from the pole to a house, like a local landscaper's helper did yesterday, UHF connectors work. This happened about 60' from the demarc box and T-W ran the cable diagonally from the pole, across the ysrd, turned left and went up right next to the meter box. Why they didn't go straight to the same point, I don't know- it would have been a direct path. Anyway, it seemed logical that the landscaper told his helper where to dig for the concrete pad that's being poured for a shed, thinking that the cable wouldn't be there. It was also laid on top of the soil, just under the sod. Two freaking inches deep! Then, the cable guy showed up today and acted like a dick.

Anyway, I was called to see if I could make a temporary connection until today because everyone in the house is addicted to cable and the internet. I made the connection (screw-on ferrule and soldered center conductor- haven't seen this kind of cable since C-band) and when I went inside, all of the cable channels worked, including HD and the internet connection worked with good speed. I didn't do a connection speed test but everything went from page to page as well as I could have hoped for.

Carry on, Montescue.