My dad re-set up his dish and receiver yesterday and once he plugged the F-connector in to the receiver, he used a pair of pliers to secure the coax to the F-connector. Today, when I went round with an ethernet cable to connect the box to the internet, I lifted up the receiver and the coax simply dropped out, with next to no force at all! Worst of all, the coax needed a new clean cut as everything was squished. On further inspection I noticed that the F-connector had actually bent...
Crunching F-connectors to secure connection?
Crunching F-connectors to secure connection?