What Is a Coaxial Jack?
- Cable television is often delivered to homes and businesses via coaxial cable. As a result, coaxial jacks are found on TVs, DVRs, DVD players and other devices commonly connected to televisions.
- Cable modems have coaxial jacks.cable modem image by IKO from Fotolia.com
Coaxial jacks are also located on cable modems and routers in order for computers to connect with each other and the Internet. - Coaxial cables are also used to transmit microwave signals because coaxial cable's two-layer construction makes it less-susceptible to interference than some other cabling technologies. However, the wavelength of the signal being transmitted on the cable dictates the cables circumference, according to a "Microwave Coaxial Connectors" paper on the University of Hawai'i System's website. As a result, a different type of coaxial jack is required for each specific type of coaxial cable used.
