You can even just use an alligator switch to short the center conductor
to the side and check for 0 ohms.

From:Charlie Bress


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I have what I think is an unsual question which I couldn't find an
answer to: in my attic there is a coax splitter with several coax
outputs to coax cables which snake into the ceiling and disappear in
the boweles of the house. They are all of the same color and have no
identifying marks. In the house itself, there are coax jacks in
several rooms.

And now the question: is there a way to determine, without buying
expensive equipment, which cable in the attic leads to which room?
Since not all coax jacks in the rooms are connected to a tv, it's not
just a matter of disconnecting one cable after another from the
splitter and seeing which tv loses its signal.


Let's assume there are no other splitters involved.
Forget the battery method.
Go to RadioShack or equivalent and buy a 75 ohm terminator.
If you don't own a test meter, get the cheapest one you can find that
measures resistance.
Disconnect all the sets that are attached to the cable system
Put the terminator on one wall outlet.
At the splitter disconnect, all the cables.
Take the meter and at the splitter end find the cable that measures
about 75 ohms between the center pin of the cable connector and the
outside of the cable connector.
Tag both ends of that cable.
Move the terminator to the next wall outlet and repeat.
Having an assistant who can move the terminator around and
communicate to the attic is a great time and effort saver.

Charlie