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Default Numpty question: screw-on connectors


I moved into this flat a couple of years ago. At the time of looking
around pre-purchase I noted the amount of cables coming in through
(well, past) the windows but forgot to ask the previous occupant about
them. They're terminated in a mixture of Belling-Lee and F connectors
and are, of course, all unlabelled.

In the bedroom I have two downleads ending in Belling-Lee which both
carry what seems to be a good aerial signal. At least I can plug either
into a STB and get a good signal and all the muxes and channels. (Why
would someone have two aerials into one room?) One is at one end of the
bay, the other's at t'other.

I haven't yet gone out to look at the aerials on the roof. Will need a
pair of binocs, I think - they're on a tall Victorian semi which is
built-up on a high surface.

The installation appears to be of good workmanship - the downleads are
CT100 cable (marked "Eagle 100U coaxial cable") with braid and foil.
The cables are terminated in metal screw-on Belling-Lee connectors.

Unfortunately I made a a mistake in tugging on the cable instead of the
connector and predictably it pulled out of the connector body. When I
come to re-fit it, is it usual to screw the connector body onto the
cable outer, or just on the inner plastic core/foil/braid mix up to
where the outer insulation's been cut away?

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