Cable identification

BennSieve

Just moved into a new house and have these cables coming out of the wall. I know the one on the right is for Sat but not sure what the right one is

rousetafarian

It’s for Sat

JayCee

Your post is a wee bit confusing (mentioning “right” twice) but as rousetafarian states, they're both F Plugs usually used for satellite receiver connections.

rousetafarian

I actually guessed!

Jamie

They're both F-Plugs which as stated is commonly used for satellite signals. Sky   or older DVR based systems needed a connection per tuner so twin feeds are common. It will be obvious by looking at the LNB (the receiver part of the dish on the side of your house) as you'll see at least 2 cables

You can also find TV aerials can also use F-Plugs too. My aerial feed has them and they connect directly to the matching connection on an amplifier before connecting to the TV or tuner box.

mushii

They may both be for sat or one maybe a UHF aerial. Like @Jamie all of my aerial downfeeds are terminated in F-connectors. Given that one has a solid dielectric and the other is air-spaced there is a strong chance that they are different systems.

outoftheknow

Maybe but air spaced or foam or whatever dielectric are all coax. AFAIK satellite would use the copper core and looks like copper shield coax on the right as the “best” coax. Air spaced isn’t recommended but would likely work. Probably UHF or even VHF radio?  I can’t see the shielding on the air spaced one and the core may be short - May be head on view. Looks like a plug that needs a check though.

OP - what do you have on the roof/outside? Satellite dish with how many cables at the LNB? TV aerial? VHF radio aerial?

cosmicma

if it isn't to do with a satellite dish ( it probably is ) other things that use F connectors are
DAB radios ( unlikely ) and virgin media ( cable ) boxes and modems