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Re:Get a cable modem, go to jail (1999) by NoZebra120vClip on Monday September 04, 2023 @11:19PM (#37387458)
I feel you about getting zapped. I visited Catalonia for a month in 2008, and I was trying to help improve OTA reception on my fiancée's TV. She had a roof antenna installed.

Little did I know that the antenna in Europe is actually energized by design (I think I found out later?) and I received several non-damaging but definitely "means business" shocks whilst trying to manipulate the cables.

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Re:Get a cable modem, go to jail (1999) by mschuster91 on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @04:03AM (#37389085)
> Little did I know that the antenna in Europe is actually energized by design (I think I found out later?)

A normal rooftop antenna is not energized. However, if that's in a house, there likely is a power amplifier placed in the line (or, for more fancy setups, a powered splitter box) to make sure every antenna socket can have a TV plugged in without compromising signal integrity.

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Re:Get a cable modem, go to jail (1999) by NavinF on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @04:03AM (#37389088)
> the antenna in Europe is actually energized by design

wtf. Wanna drop some links?

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