just a quick question, is RG-6 from an old satellite TV dish ok for an outdoor scanner antenna feedline?
my thinking exacly!!!!!Diddley said:The advantage of doing this is that I don't have to drill any new holes or route the cable through any walls... I'm actually even using the old bracket from the dish itself to mount my new antenna with... Very simple project!
Good luck!
Diddley
Diddley said:Yes, that's exactly what I'm doing... Using the RG6 from an old dish I had mounted. It'll work perfectly fine. Whatever you do, stay away from RG58, which is what the Cable companies use.. Too much signal loss and no double shielding like with the RG6 coax... Good luck, and let me know how it goes.
Diddley
Not a chance, you must be in a VERY old neighbourhood or WAY out of town. I know an awefull lot of installers in the GTA and they are all working with RG6. This is certainly the case with satalite instalations. You must be looking at cable that hasn't been updated for a long time, with the introduction of digital TV, RG6 became the standard. Cable coming into my house is still from Shaw, before Rogers took over and it is still RG6.Diddley said:Might be different down there.. Up here in Canada, they most certainly use RG58 coax, as that's what is stamped on my CableTV cable from the pole to the hookup on my TV... It might be different down in the US, I don't know...
Diddley said:We're Cogeco down here.. Here's what is stamped on the cable entering my house(wish I could upload a picture):
CMG 50 OHM FT-4 RG58 FOR CATV OR CMR CM(U)
That's what it reads folks... Just passing along what I have installed here. I'm located right in town, about two miles from the Cable station.
Diddley said:Might be different down there.. Up here in Canada, they most certainly use RG58 coax, as that's what is stamped on my CableTV cable from the pole to the hookup on my TV... It might be different down in the US, I don't know...