Untrue Jim...I buy Belden & West Penn quad shield for all my Directv installations at about $.10 per foot. Off course we buy it at the 10,000 ft price. It is great cable and stands up to a lot of abuse. Now that they have compression fittings for it it stays water tight. The fittings are more then the cable HI...
Bob W1PE -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Wilhite Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 8:17 PM To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service Subject: Re: [AMRadio] RG-6 Coax You are correct but I wouldn't consider using it for transmitting on any radio with power more than about 25 watts. The original RG 6 was made well but today finding a consistent quality cable is almost impossible unless you buy the best US specified brand, which is almost as expensive as LMR type cable. Even then, you are taking a chance if you try to put much over 25 watts into it. Jim/W5JO >I believe it's in the neighborhoon of 72 ohms. Typical video cable. >> Does anyone know off hand the impedance of RG-6? I was given a >> hundred feet >> or so I'd like to use with my UHF antennas, but the cable guy didn't >> know >> the impedance. Google showed some specs, but I gave up before I got >> the >> impedance. >> >> Thanks, >> Rick/K5IAR ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
