"The existing cable from the pole does not have enough slack to make it through the outside wall. If I used a male/male connector to extend the cable into my house would I lose signal?"
I am curious about the absence of a ground block. This serves a two-fold purpose. Grounding the outer shield and a demarcation point for the cable co. From the ground block add desired length of RG-6 into your house.
Use a 1ghz 4-way not 2.3 for cable. Any quality splitter can be used outdoors using o-rings or weather proof gel at the connections.
If your only option is a male/male connector, use a quality compression tool and fittings such as Thomas and Betts. If cost prevents this, at the very least use a barrel connector rated to 1ghz. IIRC red barrels are cable, blue and green are satellite.
I am curious about the absence of a ground block. This serves a two-fold purpose. Grounding the outer shield and a demarcation point for the cable co. From the ground block add desired length of RG-6 into your house.
Use a 1ghz 4-way not 2.3 for cable. Any quality splitter can be used outdoors using o-rings or weather proof gel at the connections.
If your only option is a male/male connector, use a quality compression tool and fittings such as Thomas and Betts. If cost prevents this, at the very least use a barrel connector rated to 1ghz. IIRC red barrels are cable, blue and green are satellite.
